ICE and warrant-less entry via deception, harassment and coercion
We at Hollow-Man.net are a group of U.S. citizens and immigrant residents that are extremely concerned with ICE’s increasing reports of Constitution-violating actions. ICE is a branch of the U.S. Government’s DHS.
Specifically, we are referring to countless reports, such as this and this, in which ICE officers use deceptive “techniques” to gain entrance into secure private residences — even those of U.S. Citizens. An example of this is intercom/buzzer-based outer security doors of apartment or group-residence complexes. Here, ICE officers may use outright deception — for example, claiming to be UPS or FedEx delivery — to gain access to the inside of a complex. W/o reasonable cause — such as gaining access to apprehend to a dangerous or felonious criminal — actions such as this are in total and complete violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Setting Priorities…
Many of the “Fugitives” that ICE agressively pursues in its “National Fugitive Operations Program” are non-criminal aliens who have overstayed their Visa, are asylum seekers, and other “illegal” immigrants with no criminal records or soft criminal records. These individuals pose no credible threat to the United States. Going after them with the heavily-funded Fugitive Operations program is a shameful waste of U.S. taxpayer dollars.
The Government’s main objective should be to make the U.S. a safer nation for everyone. Therefore, why not use these same Government-police resources to combat and thwart crime in general — whether they are committed by illegal immigrants or U.S. citizens?
If USCIS/ICE feel their current tactics of pursuing all “illegals” or “fugitives” is justified (regardless of criminal record), then ICE leaders should either:
(a) propose and, then, get Congress/President to pass a law/Act that allows this type of action; or
(b) get a Federal-judge-issued warrant for every secure building or private-property-area ICE agents enter.
Bottom line: USCIS / ICE must have a Federal-judge issued warrant to enter a secure building.
Note: That the warrant-less entry, in linked example noted above, was to gain access to the home of a U.S. Citizen (an immigration lawyer). The ICE officer even stated, “I’m going to kick your door down.”
If U.S. Citizens don’t act now, the Govt. will continue to creep-up Constitution-violating actions like this — and we will come to ”accept” more and more removal of our civil liberties!