US EditionBass pushes back on Trump admin’s support for ICE agents wearing masks
CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, JUL 21 – Legislators in multiple states seek to ban masked ICE agents to improve accountability amid an 830% rise in assaults on agents, officials said.
- Last Wednesday, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said, `the masked men are not from Los Angeles`, disputing claims that masked agents pose a threat to local communities.
- The Department of Homeland Security said there was an 830% increase in assaults on ICE agents, adding this underscores safety concerns for mask use.
- The 14 Democratic senators said `agents grabbing people while masked and in plain clothes` `represents a clear attempt to compound` the `fear and chaos` of raids.
- In response, DHS downplayed worries, with acting ICE Director Todd Lyons stating `I'm not a proponent of the masks` but permitting them for safety, noting the need to protect agents and families.
- An increasing number of cities and states are considering measures to ban ICE agents from wearing masks during operations, and legislatures in California, Massachusetts and New York are weighing bills to ban masks and require IDs.
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Democratic rhetoric justifies ICE agent masks - Washington Examiner
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass wants to prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement from wearing masks as they enforce federal immigration law in her city because she claims the practice needlessly spreads fear in immigrant communities. The only ones spreading fear are Bass and her Democratic colleagues as they amplify hoaxes and demonize law enforcement officers who are only trying to do their jobs as safely as possible. Taking time off from her …
Immigration raids by masked federal agents have helped create a “kingdom of terror” in Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass said in a Sunday interview on ABC. Fear of arrest and deportation has led many of Southern California’s immigrants – regardless of their legal status – to take refuge in their homes, lack of work, give up religious services, and skipping milestones such as children’s graduations. And Bass said that the practice that some Immigrati…
'Recipe for disaster': ICE scolded by retired police chief over dangerous tactic
Retired police chief and Brown University professor Brandon del Pozo tore into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers for wearing masks and concealing their identities during President Donald Trump's immigration raids — and claimed their reasoning for doing so is nonsense."Let's get right...
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Denver GazetteAt least six states and cities weighing proposals to bar ICE officers from wearing masks
An increasing number of cities and states are considering measures to ban Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from wearing face coverings while conducting their operations. Many have grown alarmed by videos of masked ICE officers from unmarked cars grabbing people…
City Leaders Call On State Legislators To Act To Unmask ICE Agents – Block Club Chicago
“We need to make sure that everyone feels safe, and masked, unidentified agents abducting people from our streets is unacceptable,” Ald. Michael Rodriguez said. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul also signed a letter Tuesday urging members of Congress to pass legislation banning ICE agents from wearing masks.
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