Locator: 49781ICE.
A reader alerted me to a news story that I missed -- so, to Google Gemini, to fact-check:
AI prompt: apparently there's a directive that's been signed that tells ICE agents they are allowed to enter a private residence without a warrant if their purpose is to arrest an illegal immigrant. First, is that true, that such a directive has been issued, and if so, under whose authoritity? What is the constitutional argument supporting that directive?
Google Gemini reply:
One can discuss the pros and cons, the ifs and buts, until the cows come home, but again, like so much that happens in Washington, DC, and is reported by The New York Times and The Washington Post, this, too, is a non-story.
At worse, if you are a legal resident:
- there will be a knock on the door, during daylight hours (in most cases);
- you will go to the door and graciously invite your guests in for a cup of tea; and,
- then everyone will go back to what they were doing before that knock on the door.
I recall that during the Revolutionary War, George Washington and his troops pretty much slept wherever they wanted.
We've come a long way.
