In all its immigration enforcement activities, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must abide by the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees certain basic rights to everyone in the United States. Yet ICE continues to violate the Constitution in the context of immigration raids, where ICE agents selectively targets predominantly Latino neighborhoods and worksites; enters people鈥檚 homes without proper warrants or consent; and coerces frightened individuals to submit to interrogations about their citizenship and immigration status.
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