'Nothing but green lights': Leaked memo shows ICE expanding warrantless arrest powers

Federal immigration agents have quietly been granted sweeping new authority to arrest people without warrants, according to a leaked Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times.

The internal memo, issued this week amid escalating tensions over President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown, significantly lowers the standard ICE agents must meet to justify a warrantless arrest. Rather than determining whether someone is unlikely to appear for future immigration hearings...