JD Vance's recent comments set off "evil" alarms for one Republican who used to serve as a congressman.
The vice president kicked off the controversy with a recent answer to a reporter who asked about purportedly warrantless searches by ICE.
"Nobody is talking about doing immigration enforcement without a warrant. We're talking about different types of warrants that exist in our system," the VP said. "Typically in the immigration system, those are handled by administrative law judges. So we're talking about getting warrants from them."
But according to one Republican ex-lawmaker, Vance is actually lying.
"JD Vance isn’t this stupid, so what he’s doing here is deliberate and evil," said former congressman Justin Amash. "You don’t just need 'some kind of warrant' to enter a home. You need a warrant from the judiciary. He knows this."
Amash added, "He knows they’re breaking the law when they enter a home with an administrative warrant. He uses the phrase 'administrative law judges' to mislead. An administrative warrant comes from DHS. They are writing their own 'warrants,' which makes them no more valid under the Fourth Amendment than if a random person wrote on a piece of paper, 'I can enter your house.'"