Tag: Law enforcement
ICE Administrative Warrants and the Fourth Amendment
The judicial warrant requirement is now at the center of the Department of Homeland Security funding debate. In a recent Wall Street Journal editorial...
The Army Clause: A Forgotten Constitutional Check on ICE, CBP, and the Pentagon
As Congress grapples with how to use the annual appropriations process to rein in President Trump’s use of federal immigration enforcement, it faces a...
Courts in Wartime: A Level Playing Field for Peace
The question of whether international courts can play a role in ending wars has become more pressing than ever as the rules-based international order...
Dallas Police say random gunfire reports down
Dallas Police reported the fewest number of random gunfire calls in four years in 2025, according to new data shared with the Dallas City...
Can CBP Restore Its Reputation for Transparency?
Over the past several years, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stood at the forefront of federal law-enforcement transparency and accountability. At a time...
The Top 10 Questions the Trump Administration Needs to Answer About Minnesota
The following ten questions concern the Trump administration’s actions in Minnesota, and in particular the ICE killings of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex...
The Smearing of Alex Pretti and NSPM-7
Just hours after their son was shot and killed by federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis, Michael and Susan Pretti decried the “sickening...
What a Proper Investigation of Alex Pretti’s Killing Would Look Like
On Saturday morning shortly after 9am local time, U.S. Border Patrol agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old I.C.U. nurse, on the streets...
DHS, DOJ, and Customs and Border Patrol Policies on Use of Deadly Force and Moving Vehicles
The following contains use of force policies issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol, and the Department of Justice. The...
DOJ’s Dangerous Silence in the Face of Federal Immigration Agents’ Violent Tactics
On Wednesday morning in Minneapolis, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed a woman in her car during a federal immigration...
