Rep. Dan Crenshaw, who has represented Texas’s 2nd District in the U.S. Congress since 2019, commented on recent changes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy through a series of posts on February 4, 2026. In his tweets, Crenshaw credited former President Donald Trump and Secretary Noem for authorizing ICE to use administrative warrants more effectively beginning in 2025.
Crenshaw stated on February 4, “@POTUS Trump and @Sec_Noem changed that. In 2025, ICE was finally authorized to use administrative warrants the way they’re meant to be used: To enter a residence and arrest fugitives who have been given removal orders by a judge.”
He described previous restrictions faced by ICE officers: “For years, ICE was wrongfully told they couldn’t enter a fugitive’s residence unless they had a warrant signed by a judge. So officers would sit outside houses for hour, sometimes days, waiting for fugitives to step outside. Some would mock them, waving at ICE through the” (February 4).
In another post from the same day, Crenshaw called the policy change “a restoration of justice and enforcement. Our @DHSgov federal law enforcement officers can finally do their jobs more efficiently and with the authority the law has always intended.”
Dan Crenshaw began serving in Congress after replacing Ted Poe in 2019 as representative for Texas’s 2nd district. He has secured multiple re-elections since then: defeating Todd Litton in 2018 with just over half of the vote; Sima Ladjevardian in 2020; Robin Fulford in 2022; and Peter Filler most recently in 2024 with nearly two-thirds of ballots cast.
The discussion over how administrative warrants are used by federal immigration authorities has been ongoing for years. Traditionally, there were limits placed on when officers could enter residences to apprehend individuals ordered removed by an immigration judge.
