US EditionRise of Masked Officers Is Controversial New Ground in American Life
UNITED STATES, JUL 18 – Law enforcement mask use in immigration crackdowns aims to protect agents amid rising threats but has sparked public fear and political opposition, officials say.
- The use of face masks by law enforcement during immigration crackdowns is a significant and controversial issue in 2025.
- Democrats and several state attorneys general argue that face masks create public fear and should be banned.
- A statement highlights, 'If what you’re doing is above board and right, then why conceal your identity?'
- Historically, masks have been associated with negative actions, notably by groups like the Ku Klux Klan, which have caused fear and distrust.
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The rise of masked police officers is controversial new ground in American life
With the year only half over, the covered face - as deployed by law enforcement in a wave of immigration crackdowns - has become one of the most potent and contentious visuals of 2025.
In the arrest of paperless factory workers, harvest workers, maids or cooks, the ICE immigration and border guard officials are becoming increasingly masked.
If what you're doing is right...: Why rise of masked officers has divided America
With the year only half over, the covered face — as deployed by law enforcement in a wave of immigration crackdowns directed by President Donald Trump's White House — has become one of the most potent and contentious visuals of 2025
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The rise of masked officers is controversial new ground in American life
In a matter of months, it has become a regular sight around the country — immigration enforcement agents detaining people and taking them into custody, often as public anger and outcry unfold around them. But in the process, something has disappeared: the agents’ faces, covered by caps, sunglasses, pulled-up neck gaiters or balaclavas, effectively rendering them unidentifiable.
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