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Walter Olson

@walterolson.bsky.social

A whistleblower says the memo authorizing these irregular entries was handled in a hush-hush manner, being given to a subordinate to read, for example, on condition that it be handed back to a supervisor waiting there on the spot with no copy kept. That sounds like consciousness of guilt to me. /3

January 21, 2026 at 10:44 PM

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Steve Vladeck

@stevevladeck.bsky.social

I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.

Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1h

ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.

It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!

May 12, 2025

MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel

FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal

On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)

Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.

Arrow) district court judge or magistrate judge in their place of residence.23 ICE immigration officers should consider all available enforcement mechanisms, including the use of a Form 1-205 to arrest an alien in their place of residence, to achieve the requirements of E.O. 14159 in accordance with applicable law and policies. This guidance informs the use of Forms 1-205 and provides to ICE law enforcement personnel a reminder of the general limitations and exceptions that may apply when effectuating arrests in an alien's residence. General Guidelines ICE law enforcement officers receive extensive training on the legal and procedural requirements for making administrative and criminal arrests. ICE personnel must remain cognizant of all existing laws and policies pertaining to arrests when carrying out civil immigration enforcement actions. Prior to entering a residence to conduct an administrative immigration arrest pursuant to Form I-205, officers and agents must ensure the Form 1-205 is properly completed and is supported by a final order of removal issued by an immigration judge, the BIA, a U.S. district court, or a magistrate judge. This is essential because that order establishes probable cause. Officers and agents must also have reason to believe that the subject alien resides at and is currently located in the address where the Form I-205 is to be served.

January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

The Gravamen of the Disclosure

4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows:
a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency.

b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.

January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM

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The Associated Press

@apnews.com

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

bit.ly

January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM

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Reconnect Rochester

@reconnectroc.bsky.social

We’re happy to be a part of #rocvisionzero and excited for the plans for 2026, especially beginning g the legal and engineering work to lower the citywide speed limit to 25 mph. Read more here: www.cityofrochester.gov/VisionZero

January 21, 2026 at 8:00 PM

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Zack Beauchamp

@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social

Heartbreaking cruelty visited upon children in our name

January 21, 2026 at 6:25 PM

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Jonathan Berk 🏠

@berkie1.bsky.social

"The true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope."
- @barackobama.bsky.social November 5, 2008 🇺🇸

January 21, 2026 at 1:48 PM

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Ellis Rosen

@ellisjrosen.bsky.social

January 20, 2026 at 7:20 PM

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post malone ergo propter malone

@proptermalone.bsky.social

I fear this might come true

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 9h

TRUMP: UNITED STATES IS IN THE MIDST OF THE FASTEST ECONOMIC TURNAROUND IN OUR HISTORY

January 21, 2026 at 1:40 PM

ERIC COOPER

@ericooper.bsky.social

Good article exploring the trends in construction labor around immigrants.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...

Where Did All the American-Born Roofers Go?

www.nytimes.com

January 21, 2026 at 11:41 AM

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Holy City Sinner

@holycitysinner.com

Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Andrew Johnson to face criminal trial for child molestation www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/par...

Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Andrew Johnson to face criminal trial for child molestation

Andrew Johnson is the latest in a series of pardoned Jan. 6 riot defendants to face new criminal charges.

www.cbsnews.com

January 21, 2026 at 10:52 AM

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Ginny Maier

@vbmaier.bsky.social

I was sad to see how badly defaced the outdoor sign at the Susan B Anthony house is. All targeted at one figure.

Large view of the sign with a drawing of the arrest of Susan B Anthony for the crime of voting while female in 1872

Close up of same image, showing Susan B's likeness badly scratched while the other figure is untouched

January 19, 2026 at 2:40 PM

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Marisa Kabas

@marisakabas.bsky.social

BREAKING: The Greg Bovino Bitch Fund Benefiting Immigrant Rights in Minnesota has just donated $10,000 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, an essential org working on the frontlines to protect people from ICE's terror.

receipt for $10k to the immigrant law center of minnesota (tribute: In spite of Greg Bovino)

January 21, 2026 at 2:27 AM

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POLITICO Europe

@politico.eu

EXCLUSIVE: Germany has joined France in saying it will ask the European Commission to explore unleashing the EU's so-called trade "bazooka" in response to Trump's threat to seize Greenland, according to five diplomats with knowledge of the situation.

🔗 www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...

January 20, 2026 at 10:13 PM

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ryan cooper

@ryanlcooper.com

“first they came for the X” logic in fuckin warp speed

Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...

Voting for Trump — and regretting it
Sharif, the Madina Mall shop owner who fears she may have to return to the bad old days of having a boss, gave out an exasperated sigh.

“Would you believe if I told you I voted for this man?” she said, referring to Trump.

Sharif is not politically active, but in 2024, some campaigners came to her shop and told her that Trump would be good for business and against the LGBTQ agenda.

“I was immediately hooked,” she said. She voted Republican for the first time.

Now, chagrined, she said, “I never thought the man I put in office would come for my family, make me financially struggle and cause me so much fear that I carry my passport when I go to the bathroom,” she said, pointing at the mall’s bathrooms.

“I feel as though the weapon I built is coming to kill me and my people,” she said.

January 20, 2026 at 8:56 PM

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Rachel Barnhart

@rachbarnhart.com

Notably absent.... @morelle.house.gov

Rep. Kelly’s impeachment against Secretary Noem reaches 100 cosponsors

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly’s (IL-02) impeachment resolution against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has now reached 100 cosponsors in just seven days.

robinkelly.house.gov

January 20, 2026 at 9:06 PM

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G Elliott Morris

@gelliottmorris.com

It is not normal for a president to be pushing for a net -80 policy. That Trump apparently does not care about the public opinion on Greenland (or maybe he doesn't know about the polls) is a sign of how far we have drifted from normal democratic government

Bethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social · 1d

Quinnipiac Poll, Jan 8-12 - poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

January 20, 2026 at 7:03 PM

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Tom Flood

@tomflood.bsky.social

Our local hockey rink before and after trump.

January 20, 2026 at 6:47 PM

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/r/Rochester

@r-rochester.at.shendrick.net

A primary challenger to Morelle has emerged! https://old.reddit.com/r/Rochester/comments/1qiaw9l/a_primary_challenger_to_morelle_has_emerged/

#RochesterNY

January 20, 2026 at 7:40 PM

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Kyle Cheney

@kyledcheney.bsky.social

NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...