Democratic Congress members are urging the Department of Homeland Security to disclose information about immigration officers' practices of wearing masks and hiding their identities. This concern intensified amid escalating immigration enforcement actions by the Trump administration. Lawmakers specifically request details on the use of masks and unmarked vehicles during operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. They argue that this practice violates fundamental rights protected by the Fourth and Fifth Amendments. Civil rights organizations have criticized the lack of accountability and transparency in these enforcement tactics.
Democratic members of Congress are pressing the Department of Homeland Security to reveal information about immigration officers' practice of wearing masks and concealing their identities.
Congressman Robert Garcia and Representative Summer Lee wrote to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, asking for guidance on the use of masks and unmarked cars by immigration officials.
The DHS has allowed its agents from ICE to conceal their identities and use unmarked vehicles while conducting immigration enforcement activities.
Civil rights groups have expressed outrage at immigration officials hiding their identities during arrests, directly violating Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights.
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