Judicial Warrant

• Signed by a judge or magistrate judge.
• Authorizes law enforcement to make an arrest, search, or seizure.
• Allows law enforcement to enter your home or workplace.
• A warrant signed by an immigration judge is not a judicial warrant.
• Judicial warrants must be complied with.

Administrative Warrant

• Formal written document authorizing law enforcement to make an arrest or seizure.
• Can be signed by an immigration judge or immigration officer.
• Does not authorize a search.
• Does not allow law enforcement to enter your home or workplace.

Sources and Further Reading

Visual Difference between the warrants ACLU of South Carolina explaining the differences National Immigration Law Center explaining different judicial warrants, immigration warrants, judicial subpoenas, and immigration subpoenas 40th Ward of Chicago - Know Your Rights