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Trump Slams Democrat-Sponsored Bill to Make ICE Agents Show Faces, IDs

UNITED STATES, JUL 9 – The VISIBLE Act aims to improve transparency by mandating ID badges for ICE and CBP agents and banning face masks except for safety or covert missions, following recent violent threats.

  • Democratic legislators introduced the VISIBLE Act on Tuesday to require ICE and CBP agents to display visible identification and limit mask use during enforcement operations.
  • The bill responds to concerns over ICE agents operating anonymously, amid a rise in attacks and doxing incidents against enforcement personnel in multiple states.
  • Todd Lyons, serving as ICE acting director, justified the use of masks by agents to protect their safety following a Massachusetts crackdown that led to nearly 1,500 arrests of dangerous offenders by masked DHS personnel.
  • President Trump criticized the legislation during a White House meeting, calling ICE agents 'great patriots' who wear masks to protect themselves and their families.
  • The bill aims to improve accountability and transparency but faces opposition that it could endanger agents amid ongoing escalations in immigration enforcement and protests.
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