Senate Democrats Propose Bill Requiring Visible IDs, Fewer Masks for Immigration Officers

Senate Democrats introduced legislation on July 8 that would require federal immigration officers to wear visible identification during enforcement actions and limit the use of face coverings. The bill, known as the VISIBLE Act of 2025, is sponsored by Democratic Sens. Alex Padilla of California, Cory Booker of New Jersey, and 11 other Democrats. It would apply to officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection, and other federal agents engaged in immigration enforcement. The proposal follows a series of arrests in Los Angeles, some of which the senators noted have been carried out by masked agents. Padilla and Booker also accused agents of conducting operations in plainclothes, while DHS told The Epoch Times that their officers “wear vests that say ICE/ERO or Homeland Security.”...