Matt Sepik

They say one agent took the child out of the car, led him to the door, and directed him to knock to see if anybody else was home.

ICE soon took the father and child away.

DHS says they are being detained in Texas.

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On social media, the Department of Homeland Security says ICE has never, quote, used a child as bait.

In the May 12th memo, which the Associated Press first reported, acting ICE director Todd Lyons claims that agents need only an administrative warrant from ICE itself to enter someone's home.

University of St.

Thomas law professor Julie Jonas says this flies in the face of the Fourth Amendment.

In Minneapolis and St.

Paul this month, ICE agents without judicial warrants broke down the doors of two homes.

Neither of the men they arrested is undocumented.

One is a citizen.

Both have been released.

For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis.

Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry, and St.

Paul Mayor Kalee Herr all received subpoenas as part of an investigation into allegations of impeding federal law enforcement.

Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino says the operation will continue.

Despite documented instances of agents breaking into homes without warrants, he insists their tactics are constitutional.

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