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Important, terrifying story on ICE's use of administrative subpoenas. And thanks to @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social for highlighting my research on these subpoenas.

For more on the origins of ICE's warrant-issuing power and how it has transformed since then, see repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcont...

Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

An administrative "warrant" issued by ICE -- which acts as the police and prosecutor in the deportation system -- is very different from the judicial warrant that the 4A requires for forcible entry into homes.

Google Secretly Handed ICE Data About Pro-Palestine Student Activist Google handed over Gmail account information to ICE before notifying the student or giving him an opportunity to challenge the subpoena.

As ICE hunted for campus activists to deport this spring, they sent administrative subpoenas to Google and Meta about Cornell students Momodou Taal and Amandla Thomas-Johnson. Google complied with the subpoena about Thomas-Johnson's account without notifying him. theintercept.com/2025/09/16/g...

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ICE's failure in this respect can make it difficult or impossible for detained people with limited English proficiency to contact lawyers and prevent them from doing things as basic as understanding notices from the government and filing critical documents in their own cases. (2/2)

In light of last night's SCOTUS decision, reupping our report showing ICE's failure to provide required language access in detention center law libraries in Louisiana, Texas, and other places. (1/2)
cardozo.yu.edu/sites/defaul...

Thanks to @ichotiner.bsky.social for asking the important questions about this arrest and the dangerous consequences that this type of targeting creates for Mr. Khalil—and our country.

@michaelcpollack.bsky.social, Shalini Bhargava Ray, @shalevroisman.bsky.social, Emily Ryo, Stew Sterk, the participants of numerous helpful workshops, and, importantly, the incredible Columbia Law Review editors and my research assistants.

including: @joshchafetz.bsky.social, Adam Cox, Ingrid Eagly, Kate Evans, @proffoohey.bsky.social, David Hausman, Mary Holper, Eisha Jain, @michaelgkagan.bsky.social, S. Deborah Kang, Eunice Lee, @klevine02.bsky.social, Peter Markowitz, Fatma Marouf, Katherine Miller, Jennifer Nou, (2/3)

THE IMMIGRATION SUBPOENA POWER - Columbia Law Review Introduction After a series of public losses in its war on “sanctuary” cities, the first Trump Administration deployed the immigration subpoena, a new and formidable weapon in this fight. It used thes...

I'm excited to share my article, The Immigration Subpoena Power, which explores the way that ICE uses administrative subpoenas for civil immigration enforcement and the concerns that these practices raise. Many thanks to those who helped improve it (1/2)
columbialawreview.org/content/the-...