Overview

• The White House deployed National Guard troops to Los Angeles after riots targeted federal property during weekend protests
• Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons cites a 413% increase in assaults and specific online threats to justify widespread use of masks
• House Democrats have written to DHS demanding that plainclothes agents unmask during courthouse detentions of migrants
• Sen. Marsha Blackburn and other Republicans introduced legislation to criminalize the doxing of federal law enforcement officers
• ICE operations have expanded under Trump to include arrests at courthouses and detentions of migrants without criminal records