Pelosi Advises Targets of ICE Deportations on How to Avoid Arrest

Pelosi Advises Targets of ICE Deportations on How to Avoid Arrest
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) answers questions during her weekly press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on June 27, 2019. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told illegal immigrants who are subject to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportations that they can refuse to open the door for agents if they do not have a warrant signed by a judge. Pelosi’s advice comes after reports that the immigration enforcement operation is scheduled to begin over the weekend.

“An ICE deportation warrant is not the same as a deportation warrant. If that is the only document ICE brings to a home raid, agents do not have the legal right to enter a home,” Pelosi said during a press conference on July 11.