Key Points:
Countries including the United Arab Emirates, Hungary and Pakistan joined a signing ceremony to join President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” set up to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza.
But the list of countries not there is long: Canada, the U.K, France, Germany, and Italy were absent from the event at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin received an invitation to join Trump’s peace group but no representative was present at the signing event.
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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) memo issued in May authorizes agents to enter the homes of those suspected of being in the U.S. illegally with an administrative warrant -- not a warrant signed by a judge -- in order to make immigration arrests, according to a whistleblower group, which says it has shared the "secretive" memo with Congress.
Traditionally, ICE agents have needed a warrant signed by a judge in order to enter the home of someone suspected of being in the U.S. illegally. However, the guidance allegedly given by ICE in May suggests they can rely on administrative warrants, which are authored by officials within the Department of Homeland Security -- and in most cases by ICE agents.(snip)
Typically, ICE arrests have been limited to public places because the administrative warrants, known as Form I-205, have not been considered a warrant issued by a "neutral and detached magistrate," the whistleblower group said in its complaint to Congress.
"Only a warrant issued by a 'neutral and detached magistrate' would authorize ICE Agents to enter or search nonpublic areas such as an alien’s residence," the group said.