Dem Congresswomen Demand ICE Agents Clearly Identify Themselves Amid Wave of Imposter Assaults

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/house-democrats-ice-agents

Dem Congresswomen Demand ICE Agents Clearly Identify Themselves Amid Wave of Imposter Assaults

"Your current practices leave women vulnerable to life-altering violence," the lawmakers said. "It's past time to act."

BRETT WILKINS
Aug 11, 2025

Citing "horrifying" incidents in which masked men impersonating U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents kidnap and assault women, more than 30 Democratic congresswoman on Monday demanded that ICE officers clearly identify themselves while conducting enforcement activities.

"All our lives, we are taught to fear masked men in unmarked vehicles. We learn we should run from such men to avoid being kidnapped, sexually assaulted, or killed," 33 members of the Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC) wrote in a letter led by Reps. Judy Chu (D-Calif.), Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas), and Nydia Velásquez (D-N.Y.) to Trump administration officials including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, and "border czar" Tom Homan.

“Yet, ICE is increasingly conducting raids and arrests in masks [and] plain clothes, without visible identification or badges, using unmarked vehicles—tactics that cause confusion, terror, and mistrust among the public," the letter continues. "These tactics invited perpetrators of violence against women to take advantage of the chaos by impersonating masked ICE agents in order to target and sexually assault women."

Reports of masked men—and in one case, a woman—impersonating federal officers began emerging shortly after President Donald Trump returned to the White House and ordered a mass deportation campaign that senior adviser Stephen Miller said aims to arrest at least 3,000 people per day. Since then, there have been reports of impostors abducting and subsequently sexually assaulting, robbing, or extorting women in states including Maryland, New York, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.

… more … at least three bills introduced by dems to unmask and identify the secret police …

[uponit7771]

1. One of them are going to get got rollin masked up and won't ID

[TommyT139]

2. Only one?

If so, we need better Neighborhood Watch patrols.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. The right wing extremists are trying to get women to just stay home.