Unmasking ICE: Virginia Senators Introduce Bill to Remove Law Enforcement Masks

Bill would require ICE agents to remove masks and identify their agency

Virginia’s senators are trying to make changes to the way ICE agents operate. Democrats argue that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents dodge transparency and accountability by covering their faces with masks and not properly identifying themselves as law enforcement. Video shot earlier this year shows fully masked ICE agents working an operation in Sterling while bearing no visible...

Unmasking ICE: Virginia senators introduce bill to remove law enforcement masks

RICHMOND, Va. U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, both Democrats from Virginia, introduced a proposed law that would ban law enforcement from wearing masks to hide their faces and require their names and agencies are displayed. The introduction of the Immigration Enforcement Identification Act comes as some Americans have expressed concerns over masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained suspected undocumented immigrants…

DAILY MEMO: State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies are Opposing California State Bills Aimed at Unmasking and Identifying Federal Agents ~ L.A. TACO

Memo Torres speaks with California state assembly members Sade Elhawary and Mark Gonzalez about the two bills currently in debate at the state level intended to unmask and identify federal agents, the 'No Vigilantes Act' and the 'No Secret Police Act.' We were surprised to hear that there is opposition coming from state and local police agencies. The assembly members break down how and why. The post DAILY MEMO: State and Local Law Enforcement Ag…