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DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, LET THESE THUGS INTO YOUR HOME WITHOUT A JUDICIAL WARRANT.
This includes local police as well as anyone claiming to be "ICE."
Or anyone ever claiming to be an authority. Call 911, make it a state/city issue to untangle. Say "I have strange men with guns at my house claiming to be law enforcement/ice but they won't show their ID's or a warrant, I am scared for my life!"
Also, even if you think it's totally fine and you're not in trouble, do not let cops into your house or car. Don't let them search, if they ask if they can come inside or search your car you are in your rights to say "No" without giving explanation. Shut the fuck up, say NOTHING, admit NOTHING, if you get arrested ask for a lawyer before giving ANY statements, even if you've done nothing wrong. Don't believe their lies when they say shit like "You know, asking for a lawyer makes you look guilty" they are liars by profession.
As an aside, it's estimated cops kill over 10,000 pet dogs a year. If your dog annoys a cop, barks at them, looks menacing, etc. that cop is LIKELY to just execute your dog on the spot and go on like nothing happened. THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY. I want to reinforce this point and I want others to spread this information, because as sad as it is, people broadly care more about pets than people and this is far more likely to increase outrage and efforts to defund police.
Administrative warrants should not be a thing.
The entire point of the 4th amendment was that the King would issue general warrants which gave the power to determine who to search or sieze to the agent instead of a judge. This power was massively abused and was one of the earliest issues where States acted to try to curtail the power of the crown in the colonies.
Giving that power to the agent's organization results in exactly the same outcome. People are being searched and siezed without a judicial finding of probable cause. This should not be a thing. A person's freedom and property should not be in danger of being seized based on the whims of law enforcement.
You can already see the abuses, ICE had an administrative warrant to go after some """"""TDA"""""" gang members and they raided an entire apartment building full of people. This is exactly the kind of general search that lead to the 4th amendment.
Apparently Wells Fargo asked them to clear the building. They used ICE to illegally evict the residents so they can tear the building down and rebuild expensive apartments.
Do they even need a warrant now?
That is still the law, unless they have an imminent reason to enter, such as someone screaming for help. Can they make up a reason? Sure. However, we cannot just give our rights up, or the battle is already lost.