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ICE officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says

By Associated Press
Updated 5 hr ago
Updated Jan 22, 2026, 2:57 AM ET
PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2026, 5:55 PM ET

Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches.

The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant to arrest someone with a final order of removal, a move that advocates say collides with Fourth Amendment protections and upends years of advice given to immigrant communities.

The shift comes as the Trump administration dramatically expands immigration arrests nationwide, deploying thousands of officers under a mass deportation campaign that is already reshaping enforcement tactics in cities such as Minneapolis.

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Democrats on Capitol Hill immediately began sounding the alarm over the ICE directive. Sen. Richard Blumenthal on Wednesday called for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to testify before Congress about the memo.

Blumenthal sent a letter to the chairs of the Senate Homeland Security Committee and the Judiciary Committee asking them to “immediately” call for the testimony following “a shocking anonymous whistleblower disclosure.”

The Connecticut senator also sent a letter Wednesday to Noem and Lyons, writing that the memo, asserting that immigration officers have these sweeping powers, should “appall every American.”

“Every American should be terrified by this secret ICE policy authorizing its agents to kick down your door and storm into your home. It is a legally and morally abhorrent policy that exemplifies the kinds of dangerous, disgraceful abuses America is seeing in real time,” Blumenthal said in a news release.

Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called the memo an “assault on freedom and privacy.”

For years, immigrant advocates, legal aid groups and local governments have urged people not to open their doors to immigration agents unless they are shown a warrant signed by a judge. That guidance is rooted in Supreme Court rulings that generally prohibit law enforcement from entering a home without judicial approval. The ICE directive directly undercuts that advice at a time when arrests are accelerating under the administration’s immigration crackdown.

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The memo itself has not been widely shared within the agency, according to a whistleblower complaint, but its contents have been used to train new ICE officers who are being deployed into cities and towns to implement the president’s immigration crackdown. New ICE hires and those still in training are being told to follow the memo’s guidance instead of written training materials that actually contradict the memo, according to the whistleblower disclosure.

It is unclear how broadly the directive has been applied in immigration enforcement operations. The Associated Press witnessed ICE officers ramming through the front door of the home of a Liberian man in Minneapolis on January 11 with only an administrative warrant, wearing heavy tactical gear and with their rifles drawn.

The change is almost certain to meet legal challenges and stiff criticism from advocacy groups and immigrant-friendly state and local governments that have spent years successfully urging people not to open their doors unless ICE shows them a warrant signed by a judge.

The Associated Press obtained the memo and whistleblower complaint from an official in Congress, who shared it on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive documents. The AP verified the authenticity of the accounts in the complaint.

The memo, signed by the acting director of ICE, Todd Lyons, and dated May 12, 2025, says: “Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose.”

The memo does not detail how that determination was made nor what its legal repercussions might be.

When asked about the memo, Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in an emailed statement to the AP that everyone the department serves with an administrative warrant has already had “full due process and a final order of removal.”

She said the officers issuing those warrants have also found probable cause for the person’s arrest. She said the Supreme Court and Congress have “recognized the propriety of administrative warrants in cases of immigration enforcement,” without elaborating. McLaughlin did not respond to questions about whether ICE officers entered a person’s home since the memo was issued relying solely on an administrative warrant and if so, how often.

Recent arrests shine a light on tactics

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Whistleblower Aid, a non-profit legal organization that assists workers exposing wrongdoings, said in the whistleblower complaint obtained by The Associated Press that it represents two anonymous US government officials “disclosing a secretive – and seemingly unconstitutional – policy directive.”

A wave of recent high-profile arrests, many unfolding at private homes and businesses and captured on video, has shined a spotlight on immigration arrest tactics, including officers’ use of proper warrants.

Most immigration arrests are carried out under administrative warrants, internal documents issued by immigration authorities that authorize the arrest of a specific individual but do not permit officers to forcibly enter private homes or other non-public spaces without consent. Only warrants signed by judges carry that authority.

All law enforcement operations — including those conducted by ICE and Customs and Border Protection — are governed by the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution, which protects all people in the country from unreasonable searches and seizures.

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People can legally refuse federal immigration agents entry into private property if the agents only have an administrative warrant, with some limited exceptions.

Federal agents this month rammed the door of the Minneapolis home of a Liberian man with a deportation order from 2023, who was then arrested. Documents reviewed by The AP revealed that the agents only had an administrative warrant — meaning there was no judge who authorized the raid on private property.

Memo shown to ‘select’ officials

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The memo says ICE officers can forcibly enter homes and arrest immigrants using just a signed administrative warrant known as an I-205 if they have a final order of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals or a district judge or magistrate judge.

The memo says officers must first knock on the door and share who they are and why they’re at the residence. They’re limited in the hours they can go into the home — after 6 a.m. and before 10 p.m. The people inside must be given a “reasonable chance to act lawfully.” But if that doesn’t work, the memo says, they can use force to go in.

“Should the alien refuse admittance, ICE officers and agents should use only a necessary and reasonable amount of force to enter the alien’s residence, following proper notification of the officer or agent’s authority and intent to enter,” the memo reads.

The memo is addressed to all ICE personnel. But it has been shown only to “select DHS officials” who then shared it with some employees who were told to read it and return it, Whistleblower Aid wrote in the disclosure.

One of the two whistleblowers was allowed to view the memo only in the presence of a supervisor and then had to give it back. That person was not allowed to take notes. A whistleblower was able to access the document and lawfully disclose to Congress, Whistleblower Aid said.

Although the memo was issued in May, David Kligerman, senior vice president and special counsel at Whistleblower Aid, said it took time for its clients to find a “safe and legal path to disclose it to lawmakers and the American people.”

ICE officers are told to rely solely on administrative warrants, memo says

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ICE has been rapidly hiring thousands of new deportation officers to carry out the president’s mass deportation agenda. They’re trained at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Brunswick, Georgia.

During a visit there by The Associated Press in August, ICE officials said repeatedly that new officers were being trained to follow the Fourth Amendment.

But according to the whistleblowers’ account, newly hired ICE officers are being told they can rely solely on administrative warrants to enter homes to make arrests even though that conflicts with written Homeland Security training materials.

ICE officers often wait for hours for the person they’re hoping to arrest to come outside so they can make the arrest on the sidewalk or at the person’s work — public places where they are allowed to operate without the risk of infringing on the person’s Fourth Amendment rights.

Whistleblower Aid called the new policy a “complete break from the law” and said it undercuts the “Fourth Amendment and the rights it protects.”

CNN’s Aleena Fayaz contributed to this report.

Jet donated by Qatar could start serving as Trump’s new Air Force One this summer, Air Force says

January 22, 2026 / 12:20 AM EST / CBS News

President Trump could start flying in a plane donated by Qatar as early as this summer, as the U.S. Air Force confirms it will deliver the refurbished jumbo jet for use as Air Force One within months.

“The Air Force remains committed to expediting delivery of the VC-25 bridge aircraft in support of the Presidential airlift mission, with an anticipated delivery no later than summer 2026,” an Air Force spokesperson said Wednesday, confirming a report by The Wall Street Journal.

The royal family of Qatar donated the Boeing 747-style plane for Mr. Trump’s use last spring. The plane could not enter service immediately, though, as the Pentagon needed to retrofit it to serve as Air Force One. It also needed to be checked for security and spying devices before it was accepted, a source told CBS News at the time.

The donated plane could take the place of two 35-year-old jets that currently serve as Air Force One. Mr. Trump has long pushed to replace the aging planes, but a project to replace them has faced delays, with delivery of two new planes currently set for 2027 and 2028.

The existing planes showed their age late Tuesday, when Air Force One turned around less than an hour after taking off for Switzerland due to a “minor electrical issue.” The president then switched to a smaller plane before flying across the Atlantic for the World Economic Forum.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt joked at one point during the ordeal that the Qatari jet sounded “much better.”

The donation has drawn criticism from congressional Democrats and watchdog groups, who have argued it poses ethics concerns for the president to accept a gift worth hundreds of millions of dollars from a foreign country. Some critics have also questioned the cost of retrofitting the donated plane.

“The fact that taxpayers are now funding a fifth Air Force One, originating from a foreign monarchy, is a staggering abuse of public trust, fiscal priorities, and national security interests,” said Virginia Canter, chief counsel for ethics and anti-corruption at Democracy Defenders Fund, a group run by an Obama-era ethics official that requested an investigation into the gift last year.

Mr. Trump has brushed off the concerns and defended his decision to accept the gift.

“If we can get a 747 as a contribution to our Defense Department to use during a couple of years while they’re building the other ones, I think that was a very nice gesture,” Mr. Trump said last year. “Now I could be a stupid person and say, oh no, we don’t want a free plane.”

Eleanor Watson contributed to this report.

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英国推无人机学位课程 培养未来军事技术人才

发布时间 / 来源：2026年1月22日 10:07 / 联合早报

英国国防部与教育部星期三（1月21日）宣布，今年9月将开设首个国防专项无人机本科学位课程，旨在为英军培养先进无人机技术专业人才。

中新社报道，这项在赫里福德新型技术与工程学院（NMITE）开设的课程为期三年，由英国陆军投入资金支持，每年计划招收15名非军人学生和五名军人学员。

据报道，课程内容借鉴俄乌战争中的实战经验，聚焦无人系统操作、防御及相关STEM（科学、技术、工程、数学）技能培养，毕业生将同时具备军事应用与民用商业领域的无人机技术研发能力。

英国国防部说，这项课程比传统大学工程硕士课程缩短一年，学员可更快进入专业领域就业。

英国武装部队负责人说，俄乌战争中无人机造成的伤亡已超过火炮，凸显现代战争的新形态。这一学位课程为青年工程师提供了通往前沿领域的快车道。

该课程是英国《战略防务评估》的重要组成部分，目标通过人工智能（AI）、无人机及自主系统技术，使英军大幅提升战斗力。

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英国推无人机学位课程 培养未来军事技术人才

2026年1月22日 10:07 联合早报

英国国防部与教育部星期三（1月21日）宣布，今年9月将开设首个国防专项无人机本科学位课程，旨在为英军培养先进无人机技术专业人才。

中新社报道，这项在赫里福德新型技术与工程学院（NMITE）开设的课程为期三年，由英国陆军投入资金支持，每年计划招收15名非军人学生和五名军人学员。

据报道，课程内容借鉴俄乌战争中的实战经验，聚焦无人系统操作、防御及相关STEM（科学、技术、工程、数学）技能培养，毕业生将同时具备军事应用与民用商业领域的无人机技术研发能力。

英国国防部说，这项课程比传统大学工程硕士课程缩短一年，学员可更快进入专业领域就业。

英国武装部队负责人说，俄乌战争中无人机造成的伤亡已超过火炮，凸显现代战争的新形态。这一学位课程为青年工程师提供了通往前沿领域的快车道。

该课程是英国《战略防务评估》的重要组成部分，目标通过人工智能（AI）、无人机及自主系统技术，使英军大幅提升战斗力。

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消息：特朗普政府计划年底前颠覆古巴政权

2026年1月22日 12:02 / 联合早报

1月16日，古巴国家主席迪亚斯-卡内尔在哈瓦那的美国大使馆外挥着古巴国旗，抗议美国在加勒比海地区的侵略行为。 （路透社）

消息人士透露，美国特朗普政府正在古巴政府内部寻找“内线”，试图在今年底前颠覆古巴政权。

综合新华社报道，《华尔街日报》星期三（1月21日）引述知情人士和美国高级官员的话说，特朗普政府尚无具体计划，但美国政府官员私下认为，对委内瑞拉的军事行动是对古巴的“警告”。

报道称，美国企图通过切断委内瑞拉对古巴的石油供应重创古巴经济、削弱古巴政权。

当前，古巴和美国关系处于高度紧张状态。本月初，美国对委内瑞拉发动大规模军事打击。特朗普随后暗示，古巴可能成为美国下一个关注目标，并威胁称，若失去委内瑞拉石油供应，古巴将难以“支撑”。

特朗普11日再次对古巴施压，称若古巴不尽快“达成协议”，将面临“零石油、零资金”流入的局面。

古巴国家主席迪亚斯-卡内尔则说，古巴不会主动攻击和威胁任何国家，但已做好准备捍卫每一寸国土。

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消息：特朗普政府计划年底前颠覆古巴政权 | 联合早报

发布/2026年1月22日 12:02

1月16日，古巴国家主席迪亚斯-卡内尔在哈瓦那的美国大使馆外挥着古巴国旗，抗议美国在加勒比海地区的侵略行为。 （路透社）

消息人士透露，美国特朗普政府正在古巴政府内部寻找“内线”，试图在今年底前颠覆古巴政权。

综合新华社报道，《华尔街日报》星期三（1月21日）引述知情人士和美国高级官员的话说，特朗普政府尚无具体计划，但美国政府官员私下认为，对[委内瑞拉]的军事行动是对古巴的“警告”。

报道称，美国企图通过切断委内瑞拉对古巴的石油供应重创古巴经济、削弱古巴政权。

当前，古巴和美国关系处于高度紧张状态。本月初，美国对委内瑞拉[发动大规模军事打击]。特朗普随后暗示，古巴可能成为美国下一个关注目标，并威胁称，若失去委内瑞拉石油供应，古巴将难以“支撑”。

特朗普11日再次对古巴施压，称若古巴不尽快“达成协议”，将面临“零石油、零资金”流入的局面。

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古巴国家主席迪亚斯-卡内尔则说，古巴不会主动攻击和威胁任何国家，但已做好准备捍卫每一寸国土。

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美众院外交委员会推进AI晶片出口审查法案 | 联合早报

发布/2026年1月22日 12:30

美国众议院外交事务委员会星期三表决通过的法案明确规定，未来至少两年内全面禁止向中国出售英伟达更先进的Blackwell晶片，同时将现行出口管制措施正式纳入法律条文。 （路透社）

美国众议院外交事务委员会以压倒性优势，表决通过一项两党联合提案。法案明确要求，参照军售审查模式，由国会对先进人工智能（AI）晶片出口实施监管。

据彭博社报道，这项法案星期三（1月21日）以42票赞成、两票反对，在众议院外交事务委员会获批，下一步将提交众议院全体会议表决。法案仍需参众两院通过，并获得总统特朗普的签署才能生效。

法案规定，美国政府在批准先进AI晶片出口前，须事先通知国会，国会则有权通过联合决议案，审查并否决针对中国、俄罗斯、伊朗等“敌对国家”的出口许可。

法案同时赋予众议院外交事务委员会与参议院银行委员会议员权限，允许查阅待出口晶片的数量及相关终端用户的详细信息。

法案还制定了许可豁免机制，经认证的美国“可信”AI企业，在向美国盟友及中立国家出口晶片时可享有豁免。

此外，法案明确规定，未来至少两年内全面禁止向中国出售英伟达更先进的Blackwell晶片，同时将现行出口管制措施正式纳入法律条文。

美国政府上周二（13日）批准英伟达向中国出口H200晶片，但规定在台湾生产的成品须运到美国进行第三方测试，才可转运中国。隔天，美国再宣布对一些先进晶片征收25%关税，意味着H200晶片出口中国须支付25%的出口税。

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美众院外交委员会推进AI晶片出口审查法案

2026年1月22日 12:30 / 联合早报

美国众议院外交事务委员会以压倒性优势，表决通过一项两党联合提案。法案明确要求，参照军售审查模式，由国会对先进人工智能（AI）晶片出口实施监管。

据彭博社报道，这项法案星期三（1月21日）以42票赞成、两票反对，在众议院外交事务委员会获批，下一步将提交众议院全体会议表决。法案仍需参众两院通过，并获得总统特朗普的签署才能生效。

法案规定，美国政府在批准先进AI晶片出口前，须事先通知国会，国会则有权通过联合决议案，审查并否决针对中国、俄罗斯、伊朗等“敌对国家”的出口许可。

法案同时赋予众议院外交事务委员会与参议院银行委员会议员权限，允许查阅待出口晶片的数量及相关终端用户的详细信息。

法案还制定了许可豁免机制，经认证的美国“可信”AI企业，在向美国盟友及中立国家出口晶片时可享有豁免。

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此外，法案明确规定，未来至少两年内全面禁止向中国出售英伟达更先进的Blackwell晶片，同时将现行出口管制措施正式纳入法律条文。

美国政府上周二（13日）批准英伟达向中国出口H200晶片，但规定在台湾生产的成品须运到美国进行第三方测试，才可转运中国。隔天，美国再宣布对一些先进晶片征收25%关税，意味着H200晶片出口中国须支付25%的出口税。

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受邀加入特朗普和平委员会 谁敢说不？

2026年1月22日 13:04 联合早报

美国设立和平委员会原是为了监督加沙地带重建，但一些欧洲领导人对章程草案中的部分内容感到不安。图为1月17日，加沙北部贾巴利亚在以军空袭下蒙受重大破坏。 （法新社）

美国总统特朗普邀请多个国家加入和平委员会，让部分受邀国家的官员措手不及。多名官员表明，他们担心若不加入，可能招致特朗普的报复。

路透社在瑞士达沃斯世界经济论坛年会上采访了16个世界领导人，其中包括来自阿拉伯国家、拉丁美洲国家和欧洲的政要和代表，他们的回答基本一致。

多个地区的官员私下透露，加入特朗普提议设立的和平委员会与其说是主动选择，不如说是迫不得已，因为各国政府都在权衡不加入的风险和加入的不确定性。

一名西方代表指出，从关税、伊朗、委内瑞拉到加沙和格陵兰岛的争议，都说明抵制美国的要求有多么困难。

一名阿拉伯官员更是直言，谁敢对特朗普说不？

据白宫一名高级官员透露，目前约有35个世界领导人承诺加入和平委员会。

沙特阿拉伯和卡塔尔、印度尼西亚等八个回教徒占多数的国家星期三（1月21日）宣布同意加入和平委员会。以色列、阿塞拜疆、埃及与科索沃则在一天前宣布加入。

不过，一些欧洲领导人对章程草案中的部分内容感到不安，尤其是决策权高度集中在特朗普一人手中的条款。包括法国、挪威和瑞典等国家已表明拒绝加入。

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