US Judge Limits Raids, ICE Ignores the Constitution Anyway
According to The Hill, a federal judge just imposed limits on ICE's ability to conduct warrantless arrests of immigrants in Washington D.C. This ruling, sparked by lawsuits over unconstitutional detentions, supposedly means agents must now obtain warrants for arrests in homes or businesses unless there's 'hot pursuit' or a threat to public safety. (Lest we forget, "public safety" is often the
agency's all-purpose excuse for whatever it wants to do.) But let's be real. This isn't ICE's first rodeo with a court order. The agency has a well-documented pattern of ignoring judicial decrees, including a 2021 investigation by the DHS Office of Inspector General confirming widespread failures to follow warrant requirements. So, while The Hill reports a 'restriction,' one might wonder if ICE's
field agents even got the memo, or if they just filed it under 'unnecessary paperwork.' How many times does an agency need to be told to follow the law before the media stops portraying these rulings as actual changes to behavior?