patriot act prohibits law enforcement officers to search a business without owners consent
before the usa patriot act was passed anita ramasastry an associate professor of law and a director of the shidler center for law commerce  technology at the university of washington school of law in seattle washington accused the act of depriving basic rights for immigrants to america including legal permanent residents
to help avoid confusion over jurisdictional responsibility some federal leas explicitly advise that they are not a national law enforcement agency for example the united states federal bureau of investigation does this