Democratic senators introduce bill to prohibit Ice agents from wearing masks
by George Chidi from US news | The Guardian on (#6YGDS)
Immigration officers would be prevented from wearing masks and be required to display badge numbers
Democratic senators introduced a bill Tuesday to ban immigration officers from concealing their identities while engaged in immigration enforcement activities.
The visible act", introduced by senators Alex Padilla of California and Cory Booker of New Jersey, comes in the wake of scenes of masked immigration agents in unmarked vehicles snatching people off the street without meaningfully identifying their agency or presenting a warrant, prompting observers to liken Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice) arrests to kidnappings.
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