Overview

• Border czar Tom Homan challenged Politico reporter Dasha Burns on July 13, citing a 700% surge in attacks and doxing attempts against ICE agents as justification for face masks.
• Homan emphasized that threats have extended to agents’ spouses and children and noted lawmakers did not propose mask bans for BLM protesters.
• On July 8, Senators Cory Booker and Alex Padilla introduced bipartisan legislation to prohibit ICE and other federal immigration officers from wearing masks during enforcement actions.
• ICE began deploying masked raids in early June after DHS lifted sanctuary protections and raised daily arrest quotas, triggering a wave of online and physical threats.
• The Justice Department has detained suspects in a July 4 armed attack on a Texas ICE facility and killed a gunman who shot at a Texas Border Patrol post on July 7, illustrating heightened risks.