Masked and armed agents are arresting people on US streets as aggressive enforcement ramps up

Masked and armed agents are arresting people on US streets as aggressive enforcement ramps up

There are masked men, and some women, on the streets in American cities, sometimes travelling in unmarked cars, often carrying weapons and wearing military-style kit. They have the power to identify, arrest, detain non-citizens and deport undocumented immigrants. They also have the right to interrogate any individual who they believe is not a citizen over their right to remain in the US. These are agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforceme…