1. United States
2. Utah
3. Letter

I am writing to urge you to take immediate action to stop the Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy that authorizes agents to forcibly enter homes without judicial warrants. This policy, detailed in a May 12, 2025 memo from ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons, violates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. The memo permits ICE agents to enter homes using only administrative warrants, which lack a judge's signature authorizing home entry. This represents a fundamental departure from constitutional protections that require judicial oversight before government agents break into private residences. As Senator Richard Blumenthal stated, this policy "should terrify Americans" because "in our democracy, with vanishingly rare exceptions, the government is barred from breaking into your home without a judge giving a green light." The implementation of this policy has been deliberately secretive. According to whistleblowers who shared the memo with Congress, it was not widely distributed despite being labeled "all-hands." Some agents received only verbal briefings while others could view but not keep copies, with clear warnings that speaking out would result in termination. This secrecy suggests the administration knows the policy cannot withstand public scrutiny. The consequences are already devastating. Since January 20, approximately 220,000 people have been arrested by ICE, including 75,000 individuals with no criminal records. The fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Renee Good by an ICE agent on January 7 in Minneapolis demonstrates the deadly risks of unchecked enforcement authority. Whistleblower Aid, representing the whistleblowers, emphasized that this policy "flies in the face of longstanding federal law enforcement training material and policies, all rooted in constitutional assessments." Training new recruits with no prior law enforcement experience to disregard the Fourth Amendment sets a dangerous precedent that threatens every American's constitutional rights. I urge you to introduce or support legislation that explicitly prohibits ICE from entering homes without judicial warrants and to demand immediate suspension of this unconstitutional policy.