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The use of masks by ICE agents and the controversy surrounding it, including concerns about transparency and accountability.
Documented episodes fall into two related buckets: criminals and civilians posing as officers and committing assaults or fraud, and actual federal immigration agents conducting operations while masked...
ICE and its defenders say agents have increasingly worn masks to protect officers’ identities and shield their families from doxxing, threats and, in some instances, follow‑home harassment and explici...
There is no credible reporting in the provided sources that agents routinely wore identity‑concealing masks during the administration; contemporary coverage and later interviews suggest the practice i...
became a prominent public issue in 2025 — with reporting and agency statements tying the widespread, high-profile use of face coverings to enforcement operations under — and contemporary sources say t...