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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When you were with ICE, did they do blanket roundups like we're seeing now?

I dated an ICE officer for a few months and from what I remember, everything was very specific and focused. Meaning they knew their target, had a general idea of where they'd be and when, and they had their signed judicial warrant to allow them to get into their home or car. The car one is the one that's really bugging me. We keep seeing photos of agents breaking windows and pulling people out, but from what I remember my ex telling me, if they wouldn't exit the vehicle and they (the agents) didn't have a signed judicial warrant, there was nothing they could do. [/quote]

Not the OP, but I’m a former AUSA married to an 1811 LEO, so I can speak a bit on the law.

The fourth amendment allows law enforcement to break a car window to effectuate a warrantless arrest of an individual inside a car.  You can imagine why that makes sense in a typical context - anyone about to be charged with a DUI would just roll up their windows and drive off.  That said, LE agencies often have policies that limit what officers can do in contexts like this, so it’s entirely possible that at the time, ICE had a policy restricting the ability to break a car window to apprehend a suspect.[/quote]

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