[Ads-l] MAINE COVERED BY ICE !!

[Jonathan Lighter]

Hmm. This was supposed to go to an ironic friend of mine.How ironic that it
went public.

Sorry for the distraction.

JL

On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 4:13 PM Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:

> On 1/23/26 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> > Date:    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 07:34:20 -0500
> > From:    Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject: MAINE COVERED BY ICE !!
> >
> > IN "OPERATION CATCH O' THE DAY" !!!
> >
> > AND JUST IN !!!!
> >
> > "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."
> >
> > J
>
> This is not surprising. In the Know Your Rights trainings that I've
> taken because of my work as an ESOL teacher the difference between an
> administrative warrant, which is what ICE agents usually have, and a
> judicial warrant is hammered home. At our workplace we are trained to
> not open the door to agents unless they have a judicial warrant, and
> students are told also to not open their home doors unless there's a
> judicial warrant.
>
> What's *new* to me is J. D. Vance talking about the 2 different warrants
> and making them equivalent, which they aren't.
>
> And yeah, ignoring the strict guidance for warrantless searches, well,
> again, it's not surprising.
>
> ---Amy West
>
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