Michelle Hackman

If you're not a flight risk, why would you need to be detained?

This government is detaining people partially as a deterrent measure to say, if you are detained that whole time, you're likelier to just give up and leave the country.

What kinds of lawsuits are in the works that could challenge ICE's expanded authority?

There are all sorts.

There are ongoing lawsuits around ICE's use of profiling and what is and isn't okay to sort of weigh when you stop someone to question them.

There are lawsuits around U.S.

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.