Overview
- Lawyers for Civil Rights filed suit in federal court in Boston on behalf of the Brazilian Worker Center and the Greater Boston Latino Network, asking a judge to invalidate the policy and halt its use.
- The contested DHS/ICE memo, signed by acting ICE Director Todd Lyons on May 12, 2025, permits agents to use Form I-205 administrative warrants to enter residences to arrest people with final removal orders.
- A federal judge in Minnesota ruled that a Jan. 11 home entry in Minneapolis to arrest Garrison Gibson violated the Fourth Amendment because agents entered without consent or a judicial warrant.
- DHS has defended the approach, with a spokesperson saying those subject to administrative warrants have had due process and that officers have probable cause, though the extent of the policy’s use remains unclear.
- A separate leaked directive reported by the New York Times describes a lowered threshold for warrantless arrests by allowing agents to act if a person might leave the scene, a characterization DHS framed as a reminder of existing authority.