Feds To Soon Enter New Yorkers Homes Without A Warrant

Federal agents will soon be able to enter New York residents' homes without a warrant. Anyone in New York who is concerned about privacy and their freedom being treaded on should be worried. The rights of the Fourth Amendment are about to be trampled on. The Fourth Amendment gives,

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

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According to The Daily Beast, the Trump regime is planning to use an archaic law to overrule the rights provided to United States citizens by the Fourth Amendment. The regime's lawyers argue that the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, an 18th-century law, can be applied now to allow federal agents to enter New Yorkers' homes without obtaining a warrant. It has only been invoked three times in history - the War of 1812, World War I, and World War II.

Just last year, the Brennan Center for Justice highlighted the potential for abuse of power using the act during wartime and peacetime. Trump has been setting the stage to use the act without needing Congress to declare war. Any president of the U.S. can invoke the law based on "a threatened or ongoing invasion or predatory incursion." Trump has referred to illegal immigrants as invaders for years. The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 allows a president to target immigrants whether they have committed a crime or not and whether they are in America legally or not. The act can also put U.S. citizens at risk.

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Trump has invoked the act to detain and deport alleged members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang. The act says, "All such Alien Enemies, wherever found within any territory subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, are subject to summary apprehension." Justice Department lawyers are arguing that the language permits the government to enter a citizen's home or premises to search for members of the gang without a warrant. While Trump supporters may be cheering on his use of the act, it could potentially put them or any other New Yorker at risk.

Now that the act is in use, there may be no stopping the Trump regime from using it to enter homes for other reasons. Everyone with common sense (which unfortunately isn't that common) should be worried about the federal government being able to enter their home without having to provide any evidence that they truly suspect the home or premises is being used to harbor gang members or others the Trump regime targets with the act.

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