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ICE expands power of agents to arrest people without warrants
- MCwTHrlgheb8Fs 9mo ago[flagged]
- computerthings 9mo ago[dead]
- superkuh 9mo agoNot just the power to arrest people. The power to break into citizens residences and use force. All done with just a permission slip they give themselves. No judicial warrant involved. No oversight. It is not overstating it to to say this is unprecedented violation of constitutional rights within the lifetimes of everyone currently alive (WWII internment camp survivors excepted). This is being done right now and has been done for weeks. It continues to be done at the same rate as a week ago.
- ranger_danger 9mo ago> The power to break into citizens residences It was already ruled unconstitutional about 2 weeks ago: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26503916-ice-mn-garrison-g-court-ruling/ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26503916-ice-mn-garr... If you think the courts are going to keep letting it happen anyway without any consequences... have some faith. Justice moves slowly but hope is not lost.
- hn_throwaway_99 9mo agoThanks for posting that link, but after reading it, I'm not nearly as hopeful as you are: > Also on January 12, 2026, the Court ordered Respondents to respond to the Petition by January 15, 2026 at 11:00 a.m., certifying the true cause and proper duration of Petitioner’s confinement and showing cause as to why the writ should not be granted in this case. Respondents entered an appearance that day but have not filed any response to the Petition. The government didn't even bother responding to the habeas petition because they knew what they were doing was unconstitutional, but it still successfully sows fear. Worse, ICE detained the man again less than 24 hours after he was released on the judge's orders and called it a "mistake": https://youtu.be/jmoF63Msk0Y https://youtu.be/jmoF63Msk0Y I know who the domestic terrorists are, and it sure as hell isn't Renee Good or Alex Pretti.
- beej71 9mo agoI'll relax when it gets through SCOTUS (who has overturned nearly 90% of lower conservative court rulings to be in Trump's favor) and not a moment before.
- hedora 9mo agoI’ll relax when the state courts get jurisdiction over rogue federal employees.
- andrewl 9mo agoI hope you are right, but the administration does not tend to follow court orders. They break the law and then use every legal mechanism at their disposal to slow walk cases through the system. And then, as I say, they do not follow rulings except under the most extreme pressure.
- defrost 9mo agoSadly paywalled and [dead] on HN, still: The Department of Justice Ignores Court Orders Because It Knows It Can https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46832063 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46832063 https://www.americanmuckrakers.com/p/the-department-of-justice-ignores https://www.americanmuckrakers.com/p/the-department-of-justi... points out a current trend.
- scarecrowbob 9mo agoI have about as much faith in the courts ability to actually walk any of this back as I do in their ability to return the families they have kidnapped from my community. Sorry if I'm skeptical.
- ourmandave 9mo agoIt continues to be done at the same rate as a week ago. Except in Maine, where GOP Senator Susan Collins is up for re-election, so Trump ended ICE operation Catch-of-the-Day there and let her take credit. https://www.pressherald.com/2026/01/29/how-donald-trump-handed-susan-collins-a-political-win-over-ice/ https://www.pressherald.com/2026/01/29/how-donald-trump-hand...
- burnt-resistor 9mo agoI'm waiting for the bingo card-filling 3a violations when they can't stay at a Hilton.
- diogenescynic 9mo ago[flagged]
- eesmith 9mo agoHow come you didn't hear about the protests that did occur when Bush, Obama, and Biden all worked to advance the war on immigrants? I did. I remember quite well when my primary news source, Democracy Now, referred to Obama as the "Deporter in Chief", while he was in office. For decades they've decried every administration's horrible human rights record. Just because you didn't listen to the right people until now doesn't mean you need to kick yourself for only listening to corporate media like MNSBC and CNN, nor decry everyone else for the media takeover by plutocrats more interested in protecting their wealth and power than giving people news that makes the administration look bad. A dam can hold back water for a long time, but once a crack forms, a small leak may become a flood. After decades of media suppression, you should expect something like this to break through.
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- e40 9mo agoThey will keep expanding their powers until they are stopped. We need to find the best way to stop them. Economic boycott? Not sure protest works, other than giving them excuses for violence.
- yummypaint 9mo agoIt's not too late for a political solution. If Congress stopped abdicating it's constitutional duty all these problems could be solved quickly. If you're in the US, visit your representatives offices IN PERSON, calling is a distant second best.
- conscion 9mo agoThe political solution is 30 year term limits for Senate and House (5 terms and 15 terms respectively). The current system lack of term limits incentivizes inaction
- nullocator 9mo agoThis seems too long? Why not 2 and 3 terms? 12 years aught to be enough for anyone. And sadly The courts could also use term limits. Also the cap on members of the house should be removed. Also the electoral college should be removed or reworked. ... the list of impossible* things goes on.
- dragonwriter 9mo agoTerm limits for elective office are fake, nonworking solution to problems caused by a broken electoral system; the solution is to fix the electoral system, not to impose term limits (which solve nothing.)
- dctoedt 9mo ago> the solution is to fix the electoral system Any suggestions? Term limits might well be the least-bad of the feasible alternatives.
- ourmandave 9mo agoI thought Homan stood up and said they we're going to dial it back after yoinking Bovino.
- timschmidt 9mo agoHave you ever watched an interview with Tom Homan? Man is single-minded and highly motivated. Like leashing the dog, and letting loose a wolf.
- diogenescynic 9mo agoThat's why Obama gave him a medal. Homan is great at what he does. Too bad for the selective outrage over this. He was doing his job non-politically in the background for years until TDS brain rot made the left so easily manipulated into hysteria.
- mieses 9mo agohe's a steamroller. and he said they would "do it by the book" or something along those lines. "dial it back" is probably coming from media.
- hn_acker 9mo agoThe mainstream media uncritically makes Homan's claims of de-escalation their entire headlines [1], while conveniently forgetting his thinly veiled threats over the past year [2]. [1] https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/30/tom-homan-to-minneapolis-look-i-warned-you-if-you-werent-nice-wed-have-to-kill-again-and-look-what-you-made-us-do/ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/30/tom-homan-to-minneapolis... [2] https://bsky.app/profile/radleybalko.bsky.social/post/3mdl4bjzye22p https://bsky.app/profile/radleybalko.bsky.social/post/3mdl4b...
- bediger4000 9mo agoMainstream media has uncritically reported anything Trump or his surrogates have said for years. That kind and length of credulity calls into question their objectivity, and disposes of any previous doubts about "liberal bias".
- beej71 9mo agoIt does not seem far-fetched the the plan would be to arrest anyone who looked vaguely non-white before they reach any swing-state polls in November. Just say it's to preserve the integrity of the vote. Just the threat of arrest would be enough to suppress it.
- nullocator 9mo agoI think this would be too heavy handed. Depending on how the supreme court case goes if it's ruled that mail in ballots cannot be counted after election day, then I think it would be trivial to quietly setup a scheme where mail from reliably blue postal codes is rerouted and delayed just enough to swing the outcomes. There are quite a few states that have mail in voting. That and intimidating "poll watchers" is probably enough.
- chneu 9mo agoInstall fear. Put up obstacles to vote. Great way to lower turnout in specific areas.
- hedora 9mo agoHistorically, this has backfired in the US because we have low turnout elections. The people whose votes are being blocked get pissed and get off the couch on election day. The groups that would normally support the side that’s loudly suppressing the vote lose enthusiasm, and are less likely to bother voting. Hopefully, we’ll see the biggest example of this effect in recent memory this November.
- beej71 9mo agoI hope so.
- burnt-resistor 9mo agoInstill* Fear is already installed as a byproduct of the regime.
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- marysminefnuf 9mo agoA reminder to everyone that a lot of federal politicians do some form of community outreach. Heres coffee with senator slotkin or coffee with senator peters for michiganders who want to schlep to washington or happen to be there Theres people are not as inaccessible as you would think so if you want to give them a piece of your mind do it in person. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=SenGaryPeters&set=a.10155323374839324&http_ref=eyJ0cyI6MTc2OTgzNzQ5MDAwMCwiciI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbVwvIn0%3D https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=SenGaryPeters&set... https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1453401996171456&id=100045050076280&http_ref=eyJ0cyI6MTc2OTgzNzUyMjAwMCwiciI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbVwvIn0%3D https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=14534019961714...
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