Johnson Refutes Judicial Warrant Claim for Deportation Efforts

https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/03/johnson-refutes-judicial-warrant-claim-for-deportation-efforts/?_bhlid=d1f9b16e446d9ea8b57cd460166465e760f2da42

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters on Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement does not need a judicial warrant to arrest an illegal immigrant who already has an administrative warrant and decides to hide from the law in a private residence.

“When ICE goes to execute a warrant, it’s an administrative warrant, and it’s issued by an immigration judge. That is sufficient legal authority to go and apprehend them,” Johnson said. “They have violated the law, they have crossed over a border illegally, and they’re here without any right to be here.”

Johnson issued the remarks after Democrats accused ICE of violating the fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which protects people from “unreasonable searches and seizures.”