Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
ChongLy “Scott” Thao told the AP that his daughter-in-law woke him up from a nap Sunday afternoon and said that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were banging at the door of his residence in St. Paul. He told her not to open it. Masked agents then forced their way in and pointed guns at the family, yelling at them, Thao recalled.
“I was shaking," he said. “They didn’t show any warrant; they just broke down the door."
I think these ICE agents actually want to be nazis? So fucked up.
I’m genuinely surprised they haven’t been shot yet. Ain’t no way I’m letting these fools in without a judicial warrant. If they forced themselves in I’m taking one with me.
The really fucked up part is that despite entering without a warrant being universally illegal, there is no recourse for the victim. If you are a citizen, all you can get a court to do is have you released. If you aren’t a citizen, it doesn’t matter at all because the actions of investigators and arresting officers isn’t deemed relevant in immigration court.
You can sue, and hope you get a judge that acknowledged the obvious that qualified immunity shouldn’t apply, and strips it.
Which is a lot to hope for unfortunately.
