ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/ice-expands-power-agents-warrants.html

50•jbegley•2h ago

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superkuh•2h ago

Not just the power to arrest people. The power to break into citizens residences and use force. All done with just a permission slip they give themselves. No judicial warrant involved. No oversight. It is not overstating it to to say this is unprecedented violation of constitutional rights within the lifetimes of everyone currently alive (WWII internment camp survivors excepted).

This is being done right now and has been done for weeks. It continues to be done at the same rate as a week ago.

ranger_danger•2h ago

> The power to break into citizens residences

It was already ruled unconstitutional about 2 weeks ago:

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26503916-ice-mn-garr...

If you think the courts are going to keep letting it happen anyway without any consequences... have some faith. Justice moves slowly but hope is not lost.

beej71•2h ago

I'll relax when it gets through SCOTUS (who has overturned nearly 90% of lower conservative court rulings to be in Trump's favor) and not a moment before.

hedora•2h ago

I’ll relax when the state courts get jurisdiction over rogue federal employees.

andrewl•2h ago

I hope you are right, but the administration does not tend to follow court orders. They break the law and then use every legal mechanism at their disposal to slow walk cases through the system. And then, as I say, they do not follow rulings except under the most extreme pressure.

defrost•1h ago

Sadly paywalled and [dead] on HN, still:

The Department of Justice Ignores Court Orders Because It Knows It Can https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46832063

https://www.americanmuckrakers.com/p/the-department-of-justi...

points out a current trend.

scarecrowbob•1h ago

I have about as much faith in the courts ability to actually walk any of this back as I do in their ability to return the families they have kidnapped from my community.

Sorry if I'm skeptical.

ourmandave•2h ago

It continues to be done at the same rate as a week ago.

Except in Maine, where GOP Senator Susan Collins is up for re-election, so Trump ended ICE operation Catch-of-the-Day there and let her take credit.

https://www.pressherald.com/2026/01/29/how-donald-trump-hand...

burnt-resistor•1h ago

I'm waiting for the bingo card-filling 3a violations when they can't stay at a Hilton.

e40•2h ago

They will keep expanding their powers until they are stopped. We need to find the best way to stop them. Economic boycott? Not sure protest works, other than giving them excuses for violence.

yummypaint•2h ago

It's not too late for a political solution. If Congress stopped abdicating it's constitutional duty all these problems could be solved quickly. If you're in the US, visit your representatives offices IN PERSON, calling is a distant second best.

tehwebguy•2h ago

Every senator and rep has to be replaced. They’ve funded DHS / ICE with more money at every opportunity since they created it.

burnt-resistor•1h ago

That's extreme and unreasonable. There are 100 or so mostly D that don't take any PAC or foreign influence bribes.

superkuh•2h ago

US senators request for visit forms are just for show if you're not "important". That said maybe just requesting an in person visit is enough. I would definitely not recommend just showing up at a US senator's public office building (and you probably didn't mean this, just making it clear for everyone).

ourmandave•2h ago

I thought Homan stood up and said they we're going to dial it back after yoinking Bovino.

timschmidt•2h ago

Have you ever watched an interview with Tom Homan? Man is single-minded and highly motivated. Like leashing the dog, and letting loose a wolf.

hn_acker•2h ago

The mainstream media uncritically makes Homan's claims of de-escalation their entire headlines [1], while conveniently forgetting his thinly veiled threats over the past year [2].

[1] https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/30/tom-homan-to-minneapolis...

[2] https://bsky.app/profile/radleybalko.bsky.social/post/3mdl4b...

bediger4000•2h ago

Mainstream media has uncritically reported anything Trump or his surrogates have said for years. That kind and length of credulity calls into question their objectivity, and disposes of any previous doubts about "liberal bias".

beej71•2h ago

It does not seem far-fetched the the plan would be to arrest anyone who looked vaguely non-white before they reach any swing-state polls in November. Just say it's to preserve the integrity of the vote. Just the threat of arrest would be enough to suppress it.

chneu•2h ago

Install fear. Put up obstacles to vote.

Great way to lower turnout in specific areas.

hedora•2h ago

Historically, this has backfired in the US because we have low turnout elections.

The people whose votes are being blocked get pissed and get off the couch on election day.

The groups that would normally support the side that’s loudly suppressing the vote lose enthusiasm, and are less likely to bother voting.

Hopefully, we’ll see the biggest example of this effect in recent memory this November.

beej71•1h ago

I hope so.

burnt-resistor•1h ago

Instill* Fear is already installed as a byproduct of the regime.

marysminefnuf•9m ago

A reminder to everyone that a lot of federal politicians do some form of community outreach.

Heres coffee with senator slotkin or coffee with senator peters for michiganders who want to schlep to washington or happen to be there

Theres people are not as inaccessible as you would think so if you want to give them a piece of your mind do it in person.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=SenGaryPeters&set...

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=14534019961714...

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ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants

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