Warrants 101
Learn about the two different types of warrants and what they compel healthcare providers to do.
Administrative/ICE Warrants or Detainers
Form issued by certain immigration officers that directs federal agents to arrest an allegedly deportable non-citizen. Because it is not reviewed by a judge or any neutral party to determine, if it is based on probable cause, an administrative warrant does not have the same authority as a judicial warrant.
It DOES NOT allow arrests solely on its basis, require someone to answer questions, authorize a search or authorize entry without consent.
Federal/Judicial Warrants
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This is a written order SIGNED BY A COURT that validates any search, seizure, or arrest by local law enforcement, and must always be accompanied by a sworn statement made by an officer under oath that probable cause exists.
A judicial warrant must be followed.