Amid images of masked agents assaulting protesters in Minneapolis and forcing a half-naked U.S. citizen grandfather out of his home at gunpoint, news leaked of a policy that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had secretly adopted months before. This new policy—implemented through an inte...

Amid images of masked agents assaulting protesters in Minneapolis and forcing a half-naked

important aspects of its training on lawful arrests for many of these new hires.

For all of these reasons, courts have become increasingly skeptical of the validity of these warrants and the assertions therein. Policymakers too should recognize that, given the far-reaching changes in the immigration system since its administrative arrest warrant scheme was adopted and the perils that the current system creates for all Americans, it is time to require that a neutral magistrate stand between immigration agents and the arrests they seek to make, particularly when it implicates the home and other private domains.