Overview

• ICE agents have worn masks since early June under directives to shield identities after a reported 830 percent rise in physical assaults and online doxxing.
• A July 17 DHS memo directed the Justice Department to charge anyone who publishes agents’ personal details, warning that doxxing endangers officers and their families.
• Senators Alex Padilla and Cory Booker introduced federal legislation to require immigration officers to display clear identification without masks, and similar mask-ban bills are pending in California, Massachusetts and New York.
• Twenty-one Democratic state attorneys general have urged Congress to prohibit masked enforcement by federal immigration agents to strengthen transparency and oversight.
• Nassau County’s recent executive order allowing police officers to wear masks during joint operations highlights a patchwork of local rules governing law enforcement anonymity.