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ICE used warrant application as ‘pretext’ to try to arrest two students in order to deport them

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) effectively misled a judge in order to gain access to the homes of students it sought to arrest for their pro-Palestinian activism, attorneys say.

recently unsealed search warrant application shows that Ice told a judge it needed a warrant because the agency was investigating Columbia University for “harboring aliens”. In reality, attorneys say, Ice used the warrant application as a “pretext” to try to arrest two students, including one green card holder, in order to deport them.

What the unsealed document shows is that the agency “was manufacturing an allegation of ‘harboring’, just so agents can get in the door,” Nathan Freed Wessler, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), said. “What Ice was actually trying to do is get into these rooms to arrest them.”

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[-] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Only if you have the following resumé;

  1. Christian
  2. white
  3. male
  4. Rich
  5. land owner

Edit: Forgot one, “6. Republican”

[-] greybeard@lemm.ee 8 points 18 hours ago

White and arrested on Jan 6 is enough.

[-] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

J6 falls under the additional relevant skills portion, not direct experience.

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