TechdirtFormer Federal Judge: ICE’s Home Raiding Policy Violates A Basic Constitutional Right
DoomsdaysCW#Maine bill aims to limit #ICE actions at sensitive locations
by WGME StaffThu, January 29, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Updated Fri, January 30, 2026 at 5:41 AM
AUGUSTA (WGME) – "Maine lawmakers are considering a bill that would require ICE officers obtain a judicial warrant before entering places like #schools, #hospitals, #childcare centers and #libraries.
"Lawmakers discussed these concerns in a public hearing on Thursday, with Gov. Mills supporting the bill, while many #Republicans do not.
"The bill’s sponsor says it’s about safety and setting clear standards. The bill now heads to a work session.
"This comes after an internal memo showed ICE officers were authorized to act on #AdministrativeWarrants instead of relying on #JudicialWarrants.
"The bill faces a number of additional steps before it could go to the floor for a vote."
#ICEOutOfMaine #ICEOut #ICEOutForGood #AbolishICE #MainePol #USPol
Since Last May, ICE Officers Have Been Told They Don’t Need Warrants To Enter Homes
#Maine - What we can VERIFY about the rights of business owner
#ICE agents need one of two things in order to enter private areas of a business: Permission from an employee, or a warrant from a court.
By Emery Winter
Published: 3:21 PM EST January 28, 2025
Updated: 5:13 PM EST January 29, 2025
"In the first days of his second term, President Donald Trump has issued a number of executive orders designed to ramp up immigration arrests. During his campaign, Trump promised to launch a mass deportation effort. Recent #ICERaids have led some people to wonder whether agents can freely enter backrooms, kitchens, offices or other areas of a business not generally open to the public.
"A business has the right to prohibit ICE agents from entering private areas of the business. The exception is if the agents have a judicial warrant signed by a judge, but even those don’t give ICE agents blanket permission to search wherever, whenever and whomever they like.
"Anyone, ICE agents included, can enter public areas of a business without permission, according to the National Immigration Law Center (#NILC). Public areas include anywhere customers are allowed to be, such as the business’s parking lot, lobby or waiting area, or the dining area if the business is a restaurant. That does not include offices, kitchens or other areas usually off limits to customers.
"Being in a business’s public area does not give ICE the authority to stop, question or arrest just anyone, the NILC says. That still requires a warrant or cause.
"There are two types of warrants ICE agents may use when conducting enforcement actions at a business: #AdministrativeWarrants or #JudicialWarrants.
"Oftentimes, ICE agents will have an ICE administrative warrant. Administrative warrants are issued by a federal agency such as the Department of Homeland Security (#DHS) or ICE itself, and will be signed by an immigration officer such as an ICE agent or immigration judge, according to the Project South Institute for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide."
Read more:
https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/verify/immigration/employers-workplace-ice-raid-rights-fact-check/536-b0f053fb-ac49-4680-b414-61c375bdc852
#NewMainers #Immigrants #ImmigrantRights #KnowYourRights #ICEAgents #USPol #MainePol #MaineImmigrantAndRefugeeServices