Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Delgado
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4.5 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
The fourth amendment protects against unlawful searches and seizures…unless, of course, the search is just a friendly survey from your local armed immigration officer!
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| 0:00.0 | We'll hear arguments next in Immigration Service against Delgado. |
| 0:07.3 | Hey, everyone. This is Leon from Prologue Projects. On this episode of 5 to 4, Peter, Riannon, and Michael |
| 0:14.7 | are talking about INS v. Delgado, a 1984 case about the extent to which the Fourth Amendment applies when it comes |
| 0:22.1 | to immigration enforcement. In 1977, Immigration and Naturalization Service, also known as |
| 0:28.3 | INS, conducted two so-called surveys of workers at garment factories in California as part of an |
| 0:34.6 | effort to identify undocumented workers. During these surveys, armed INS agents were stationed at factory exits while others swept the floor questioning workers about their status. |
| 0:45.3 | If workers admitted to being undocumented, or if agents found their responses not credible, they were handcuffed and taken away. |
| 0:52.3 | Together with their labor union, a group of workers who were citizens or legal residents sued the INS, |
| 0:58.4 | alleging that the surveys violated their Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures. |
| 1:03.5 | The Supreme Court sided with INS. |
| 1:06.2 | This is 5 to 4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. |
| 1:10.0 | Music to four, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. |
| 1:24.7 | Welcome to five to four, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have left our civil liberties, frozen and and leaking like the pipes in my house. |
| 1:28.8 | I'm Peter. |
| 1:29.4 | I'm here with Riannon. |
| 1:30.5 | Hello. |
| 1:31.4 | And Michael. |
| 1:32.2 | Hey, do you at least have heat again? |
| 1:33.9 | I know you were out for a little bit there. |
| 1:36.7 | Congrats. |
| 1:37.2 | We're back to homeowners' complaints for the metaphors. |
| 1:41.2 | And this is where I shine. |
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