US EditionMasks Emerge as Symbol of Trump's ICE Crackdown and a Flashpoint in Congress
Democrats call for unmasking ICE agents to increase oversight while Republicans argue masks protect officers amid rising threats; ICE doubled staff to 22,000 last year, officials said.
- Masked federal officers have become a flashpoint in Trump's immigration enforcement operations, with their identities hidden from the public.
- The Trump administration believes masking officers protects them from online harassment, but critics argue it reduces accountability and oversight.
- 'Cameras on, masks off' has become a rallying cry among Democrats, insisting officers wear body cameras for greater transparency.
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Masks emerge as symbol of Trump’s ICE crackdown
WASHINGTON — Beyond the car windows being smashed, people tackled on city streets — or even a little child with a floppy bunny ears snowcap detained — the images of masked federal officers has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations.
Masks emerge as symbol of Trump's ICE crackdown and flashpoint in Congress
WASHINGTON — Beyond the car windows being smashed, people tackled on city streets — or even a little child with a floppy bunny ears snowcap detained — the images of masked federal officers has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations. Not in recent U.S. memory has an American policing operation so consistently masked its thousands of officers from the public, a development that the Department of Homela…
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Masks emerge as symbol of Trump’s ICE crackdown and a flashpoint in Congress
Whether to allow — or ban — the masks has emerged as a central question as Congress debates over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
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