Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches.

The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant to arrest someone with a final order of removal, a move that advocates say collides with Fourth Amendment protections and upends years of advice given to immigrant communities.

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      Sir, this is a Wendy’s Minnesota. There’s no castle doctrine, but rather a duty to retreat.

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        I could absolutely be wrong about this because I’ve never really looked it up, but I thought “duty to retreat” still allowed use of lethal force once there is nowhere left to retreat (for example, once in your own home).

        Part of those pesky “inalienable rights”.

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        I understand, however in the article it states “The shift comes as the Trump administration dramatically expands immigration arrests nationwide…”

        There’s a reason this started in areas such as Minnesota. I fully believe this is just trial runs and laying the (il)legal framework to handle more difficult areas.

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          “Nationwide” is sanewashing. It’s really expanding specifically to blue states (because its real purpose is punishing the regime’s political enemies).