Law
schools
can
teach
you
a
lot
of
things
that
you
hope
to
never
use:
civil
procedure,
the
rule
against
perpetuities,
and
necessity
not
being
a
defense
against
murder-cannibalism
at
sea.
A
more
practical
item
of
that
set
is
what
to
do
if
ICE
comes
knocking
at
your
door.
The
general
response
should
be
to
treat
them
like
trick-or-treaters
once
you’ve
ran
out
of
candy:
turn
all
the
lights
off,
don’t
make
a
sound,
and
definitely
don’t
open
the
door
no
matter
how
much
you
want
to
peek
at
their
costumes.
But
there’s
more
to
dealing
with
ICE
—
knowing
that
they
need
a
warrant
for
a
search,
knowing
what
a
valid
warrant
looks
like,
the
list
goes
on.
Law
schools
are
specially
positioned
to
make
sure
that
folks
are
aware
of
the
limits
our
Constitution
puts
on
federal
actors
and
the
University
of
Maine
is
on
the
cutting
edge
of
making
sure
their
community
is
informed.
The
Maine
Wire
has
coverage:
University
of
Maine
School
of
Law’s
Dean
of
Students
sent
out
a
notice
to
students
and
staff
Thursday,
encouraging
them
to
call
an
anti-ICE
hotline
and
providing
pointers
on
recording
immigration
enforcement
activities.
…The
communication
focused
on
security
protocols,
reminding
students
that
visitors
must
check
in
and
warning
that
their
access
policies
even
apply
to
law
enforcement,
specifically
calling
out
ICE
agents.
…He
urged
students
not
to
open
or
hold
doors
for
people
they
don’t
personally
know,
and
reminded
them
that
the
school
does
not
disclose
any
personal
information
to
law
enforcement
without
written
consent
or
a
legal
exception
requiring
it
to
do
so.
UMaine
Law
isn’t
the
only
one
spreading
awareness
on
what
to
do
if
poorly
vetted
masked
men
with
truncated
training
who
think
being
ICE
agents
lets
them
get
away
with
sex
crimes
and
murder
come
knocking
on
your
door
—
even
Fox
is
ringing
the
“hey,
you
still
have
rights”
bell:
Knowing
your
rights
isn’t
the
be-all
and
end-all
when
it
comes
to
protecting
yourself
from
this
era’s
rebranded
slave
catchers,
but
it
is
an
important
step
in
reversing
the
rapid
backslide
from
“Give
us
Liberty
or
Give
us
Death”
to
“Well,
if
she
just
complied
with
the
contradictory
orders
she
wouldn’t
have
been
shot”
bootlicking
that
has
already
afflicted
so
much
of
the
country.
The
second
step
is
direct
action.
The
school’s
law
clinic
partnered
up
with
the
ACLU
and
the
Immigrant
Legal
Advocacy
Project
to
compile
and
spread
the
information
in
a
digestible
way.
Further,
the
school
offered
to
partner
up
students
worried
about
ICE
with
someone
to
walk
with
as
they
go
from
campus
to
their
cars.
It
is
also
important
to
be
mindful
of
how
the
media
covers
federal
agents
trying
to
skirt
the
Fourth
Amendment.
The
author
of
the
Maine
Wire
article
suggests
that
it
is
natural
to
wonder
why
the
school
is
so
concerned
with
ICE
activities
unless
the
school
is
knowingly
employing
or
enrolling
illegal
immigrants,
but
that’s
plainly
bullshit.
Threats
to
anyone’s
liberty
are
threats
to
everyone’s
liberty
—
it
isn’t
like
ICE
confirmed
if
Keith
Porter
or
Renee
Good
were
or
were
not
American
citizens
before
they
murdered
them.
Back
in
October
of
last
year,
ProPublica
reported
that
over
170
U.S.
citizens
were
detained
by
ICE
for
various
reasons.
More
recently,
a
Minneapolis
pastor,
citizen
mind
you,
was
arrested
because
he
wasn’t
afraid
of
ICE.
“If
you
aren’t
an
immigrant
you
shouldn’t
be
worried
about
ICE”
is
a
lazy
palimpsest
of
“You
wouldn’t
be
so
worried
about
being
searched
if
you
have
nothing
to
hide.”
It
treats
war-earned
and
constitutionally
protected
rights
as
if
they
were
relatively
weak
and
conditionally
revocable
privileges,
which
is
in
itself
an
affront
to
anyone
who
gives
a
damn
about
liberty.
The
“let
the
federal
agents
do
whatever
they
want”
take
isn’t
just
intellectually
dishonest
bootlicking.
It
is
un-American.
Kudos
to
UMaine
Law,
the
ACLU,
and
ILAP
for
reminding
people
of
their
rights
and
doing
their
part
to
protect
them.
Let’s
hope
that
many
other
law
schools
follow
suit.
UMaine
Law
Sends
Out
Notice
Encouraging
Students
And
Staff
To
Call
Anti-ICE
Hotline
If
They
Witness
Enforcement
Activities
[The
Maine
Wire]
Earlier:
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Kills
A
Woman
In
Minneapolis
And
Will
Probably
Get
Away
With
It
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
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