ACLU sues DHS over ICE policy authorizing warrantless home entries

The ACLU, Protect Democracy, and the ACLU affiliates of Minnesota and D.C. filed a class-action lawsuit on April 2, 2026, challenging a secret ICE internal memo authorizing agents to enter homes using an administrative Form I-205 warrant instead of a judicial warrant. The memo, leaked by whistleblowers and first made public in January 2026, trains ICE agents to treat the administrative form — signed by a DHS official, not a judge — as sufficient authority for warrantless home entry in violation of the Fourth Amendment.