The March 14 directive, signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi, uses an obscure 18th-century law — the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 — to give law enforcement nationwide the power to bypass basic constitutional protections.
According to the memo, agents can break into a home if getting a warrant is “impracticable,” and they don’t need a judge’s approval. Instead, immigration officers can sign their own administrative warrants. The bar for action is low — a “reasonable belief” that someone might be part of a Venezuelan gang is enough.
Republicans would have turned in Anne Frank. This is truly some gestapo shit.
Shit, Republicans would re-crucify Jesus as woke and harboring criminals.
Republicans would be the ones looking for Anne Frank.
The hypotheticals have run out of runway. They’re here.