ABSTRACT
This chapter examines scenarios of raids, searches and rapid removals, where the violent effects of policing are acknowledged, but legal responsibility is disavowed. It aims to explore the relationship between police power and the retrospective address of that power within the legal framework of visa-related litigation, but not to evaluate all the varied options for bringing policing practices to account. To articulate the structural limitations of the administrative regime, the first part of the chapter explores the jurisdiction and procedural rules of administrative institutions via a rare insight offered by two cases where there has been a clear breach of search powers. The first scenario examines how the law responds to a rare glimpse offered by two reported cases of immigration's breach of search warrant powers in raids of homes, and traces features that structure disregard for officers' contravention. The second case study focuses on rapid removal practices empowered through the interrelation of various migration procedures.
