Michelle Hackman

citizens being detained and arrested by ICE wrongfully.

There is going to be litigation around this question of, are you actually violating people's constitutional rights when you forcibly enter their homes if you don't have a warrant signed by a judge?

Yeah, it's a really good question.

And it's one, legally speaking, ICE has several tools.

So an officer without a warrant can enter a public part of a business.

Let's use a restaurant as an example.

They can walk into the front door of a restaurant just the way you and I can.

Where ICE has had some problems is the officer will say, okay, let me go back to your kitchen and interview your employees.

That's when a restaurant owner can say, I'm sorry, no, that's private property.

You can't go there.

But if ICE shows up with a warrant or if ICE is doing an employer inspection to say, I need to see the paperwork of your employees to see if they're working here legally or

The private business has to comply with that sort of law enforcement action.

The other thing I would add is that they're beyond what's legal.

A lot of these places are facing really public pressure.

For example, Hilton a few weeks ago had a hotel in Minneapolis refuse ICE officers to stay at their hotel.

And Hilton got so much blowback.

As long as you're an observer, you're free to do whatever you want.

You are legally allowed to record that interaction.

As long as you don't intervene in the interaction, you are OK.

I don't think it's going to be sort of at the same level as Minneapolis, partially because there are fewer officers and they're targeting the entire state.