The March 14 directive, signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi, uses an obscure 18th-century law — the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 — to give law enforcement nationwide the power to bypass basic constitutional protections.

According to the memo, agents can break into a home if getting a warrant is “impracticable,” and they don’t need a judge’s approval. Instead, immigration officers can sign their own administrative warrants. The bar for action is low — a “reasonable belief” that someone might be part of a Venezuelan gang is enough.

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    So… where is that outrage from preppers and gun enthusaists of the government barging into their homes?

    Can you image if Biden, Obama, or even Bush did this?

    There would literally be a massive armed mob outside the White House.

    Turns out guns are useless in the face of propaganda, I guess.

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    Oh, I literally just remembered my Mexican ex-roomie still gets his mail sent to my house

    Well, everyone, the gun kept by the door for this exact reason is looking more and more like Im right to have it… Fuck

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    For some reason, I keep thinking that people used to booby trap their doors to discourage these types of activities. I vaguely think this was an IRA thing?

    Not sure if it actually happened or it was just something from a movie, but I’m curious what would happen after a few ICE raids were turned into meat sauce by door mounted claymores.

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      The reason it’s illegal, is to protect firefighters and paramedics in case they need to enter a home.

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    The law nerd in me is intrigued by the idea of a Third Amendment issue arising in the wild.

    The citizen in me is horrified that they’d even fucking try.

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    Yeah what you need to do is 2nd amendment some of those house invaders under the castle doctrine of your State

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      I’m sure they will only apply castle doctrine to non members of the state. So if you shoot an ice officer breaking into your house, without a warrant. They will still be found guilty of murder, if they are somehow taken alive.

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    By the time they enter, if they do, it will no longer be my home. It will belong to my estate. Fuck this admin. I hope we survive is and learn from it, at least until the next century when we will have forgotten about it again.

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    No they can’t, at least legally.

    I know they want to be like their idols in the Gestapo, but things quite there yet. Although it’s getting very close.

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    Having read the title and also the whole article… Let me say. The fuck no you can’t. Let’s get letigious or let’s get the vests. I’ve got over 200 years of jurisprecisence and the moral high road. We can skip the cultural perogative if you really want to. Or in this case you can endorse it. It doesn’t matter to me. as a cisgender white male and, and prolific gun owner, who is utterly tired of this already, let’s fuckin go. I’ve been waiting and i’ve finally got the perfect set up to tell you how many ways you can blow it out your ass.

    Disgusting anti American anti constitutional blowhards all of them.