Name: Know your rights: What to do if you encounter ICE
Uploaded: 2026-01-18T14:08:21.000Z
Duration: 2 min 32 s
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As the Trump administration escalates its immigration crackdown, there are major questions about the authority of the federal government and ICE agents in particular.

So joining me now to answer some of those most searched questions is immigration attorney Rosanna Berardi.

This is a big one because Vice President J.D. vance says ICE agents have, quote, absolute immunity.

So many people are wondering, is that even true?

Well, ICE agents certainly have federal immunity when it comes to civil issues, meaning they have immunity for things that they do on their job in order to enforce and protect America.

Now, criminal immunity is not the same thing.

If they do something that goes out of bounds, they can be held criminally liable.

And a lot of people are also searching for what to do if they encounter an ICE agent asking, do you have to open your door for ICE and can ICE enter your home without a warrant?

So this is really important, and I'm glad people are actually looking for this information.

So if ICE knocks on your door, you're not required to open it unless they have a judicial warrant.

So if you hear that knock on the door, it's important to ask.

They can slip it under the door or through a crack or however the judicial warrant needs to say U.S.

If it says that, then you are required to open that door and allow ICE in.

Now, if they give you a warrant that is from Homeland Security, you are not required to open the door.

You need to be careful, because if ICE says, I just want to talk to you, or we just have a question for you, and

you say, oh, okay, that can be deemed consent.

So the bottom line is to ask for the warrant and look for US District Court.

If it says that, then you are required to open the door.

And now a top search is recording an ICE agent.

Is is if it's in your own home and your own property.

So if ICE is on the door step and you open the door, you can certainly record them.

You cannot do that in any federal courthouse or a third party.

If you know your neighbors there, you really shouldn't be doing that.

So it's more of the person to person if they are on your property.

All right, Rosanna Berardi, thank you for that information.

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