One San Jose official wants to unmask federal immigration officers when they conduct operations in the city.
District 5 Councilmember Peter Ortiz is proposing a policy that would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to wear identification. The policy notes masked ICE agents and people impersonating them pose threats to public safety. Ortiz said he wants to partner with local nonprofit Amigos de Guadalupe to get City Council to pass the policy.
“We have to wait until mid-August (to introduce it),” Ortiz told San José Spotlight. “The (City Council) is not in session until that time.”…