US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo
Dell Cameron, Matt Giles
created: Jan. 23, 2026, 10:24 p.m. | updated: Jan. 27, 2026, 4:52 p.m.
A federal judge in Minnesota ruled last Saturday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents violated the Fourth Amendment after they forcibly entered a Minnesota man’s home without a judicial warrant.
The conduct of the agents closely mirrors a previously undisclosed ICE directive that claims agents are permitted to enter people’s homes using an administrative warrant, rather than a warrant signed by a judge.
He says he refused to open the door and repeatedly demanded to see a judicial warrant.
Gibson, who reportedly fled the Liberian civil war as a child, says agents entered his home without showing a warrant.
The 2008 conviction, which was cited by ICE in his removal order, was reportedly later dismissed by the courts.
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