The Department of Justice said states must provide confidential license plates for vehicles carrying federal immigration agents to conceal immigration operations. The Trump administration filed lawsuits against Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Washington after they refused to issue such plates. The federal government claimed undercover plates are needed for operational effectiveness and safety amid targeted harassment of agents. State officials argued that ICE activities should not be conducted in secret without proper oversight. The dispute occurs alongside a mass deportation campaign criticized for human rights violations, including violence, illegal arrests, and denial of due process. The administration has also pressured tech companies to remove apps that tracked ICE agents and rejected congressional reform proposals calling for agents to be identifiable and for limits on profiling and force. Officials have suggested ICE may be immune from prosecution, including remarks after the killing of Renee Nicole Good.
"The Department of Justice has argued that states are obliged to give ICE vehicles confidential licence plates, to help conceal immigration operations. The administration of United States President Donald Trump has filed lawsuits against four Democrat-leaning states for refusing to issue confidential licence plates for vehicles carrying federal immigration agents. On Thursday, the Department of Justice announced the complaint on its website, accusing Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon and Washington of defying the federal government's demands."
"Undercover licence plates, it argued, were necessary for the operational effectiveness and safety of agents who have faced a wave of targeted harassment. But officials in the states have pushed back, arguing that agents for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should not be allowed to carry out their activities in secret, without proper oversight. The clash comes as Trump carries out a mass deportation campaign that critics have accused of human rights violations, including unwarranted violence, illegal arrests and denial of due process rights."
"The Trump administration, however, has used concerns about ICE safety to crack down on efforts to identify agents. Over the last year, for instance, the administration has pressured tech companies like Apple and Google to remove apps that tracked ICE agents, citing the risk of violence. It has also dismissed a list of requested reforms from congressional Democrats, which called on ICE agents to be readily identifiable, stop racial profiling and abide by use-of-force standards."
"The question of how to hold ICE accountable remains a politically divisive one. Trump officials have gone so far as to imply ICE could be immune from prosecution. After an ICE agent shot and killed Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole Good, Vice President JD Vance initially told reporters, That guy is protected by absolute immunity. He was doing his job, though he later walked back that state"
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