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Masked immigration agents are spurring fear and confusion across the U.S.

Release Date
2025-07-10
Media
npr
Summary
Amid the Trump administration’s intensified immigration crackdown in 2025, disturbing footage has surfaced showing masked ICE and DHS agents violently arresting individuals across U.S. cities. These operations—often involving plainclothes officers, unmarked vehicles, and no clear identification—have sparked fear and outrage among immigrant communities and civil rights advocates.

Key incidents include:

A Turkish Ph.D. student at Tufts University, Rumeysa Ozturk, detained without explanation.

U.S. citizen Javier Ramirez mistakenly arrested at a junkyard in California.

Photographer and Ph.D. student Job Garcia, detained for over 24 hours after filming an aggressive arrest in Hollywood, claims he was racially profiled for being Latino and is now suing DHS for $1 million.

Civil rights groups, including MALDEF, argue that these raids are targeting Latino communities and violate constitutional rights. DHS officials defend the use of masks as necessary to protect agents from online harassment and doxxing. Critics argue that masked arrests undermine accountability, incite public fear, and could lead to violence or impersonation by criminals.

Lawmakers like Senators Alex Padilla and Cory Booker are pushing legislation to ban the use of masks by federal immigration agents. Meanwhile, affected communities report heightened fear, with many residents afraid to leave their homes.
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