Overview

• Department of Homeland Security data show assaults on ICE officers have risen 500 percent during enforcement operations.
• Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons says face coverings guard agents from doxxing and violent disruptions by protesters.
• Critics including the New York City Bar Association and immigration attorney Raul A. Reyes warn that masks violate DHS identification rules and erode public accountability.
• California State Senators Scott Wiener and Jesse Arreguín introduced the No Secret Police Act to bar law enforcement from concealing their identities during arrests, with narrow exceptions for medical and wildfire protection.
• Incidents of individuals impersonating masked ICE agents in crimes such as assault, extortion and kidnapping have intensified calls for clearer identification standards.