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DHS Targets Hill Aides with Bogus "Fact Sheets" Defending Warrantless ICE Home Entries (SCOOP)

As House Democrats demand a total rescission of the May 2025 warrants memo, the administration doubles down, telling staffers that non-citizens lack standard privacy rights.

Pablo Manríquez
Feb 03, 2026
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WASHINGTON — In a move that signaled annother aggressive escalation in the administration’s battle over immigration tactics, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) legislative staff spent Tuesday morning distributing a one-page “Bottom Line” document to Democratic congressional offices, defending the use of administrative warrants to enter private residences.

The document, obtained by Migrant Insider, leans heavily on a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed by Jimmy Percival. It attempts to provide a legal and political “mandate” for a practice that has recently sparked whistleblower complaints and a brewing constitutional showdown in the courts.

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