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Thu Jul 10, 2025, 09:00 PM Jul 10

Readers disapprove of ICE agents wearing masks [View all]

By Annie Jonas

July 10, 2025 | 8:48 AM
7 minutes to read

A bill filed by a Massachusetts lawmaker to prohibit law enforcement officers — including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents — from covering their faces is favored by hundreds of Boston.com readers.

On Monday, State Rep. James Hawkins, a Democrat representing Attleboro, filed HD.4886 to prevent local, state, or federal law enforcement officers in the Commonwealth from wearing “any mask or personal disguise while interacting with the public in the performance of their duties.”

Exceptions would be given for medical masks and for SWAT teams, and officers would also be required to display their “name or badge number on their uniforms.” Violating the proposed law would result in a misdemeanor ...

https://www.boston.com/community/readers-say/2025/07/10/readers-disapprove-of-ice-agents-wearing-masks-heres-why/

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