Why do ICE agents wear masks?

It’s been happening almost always the same way: someone is out in public in Massachusetts when strangers in ski masks suddenly surround and whisk them away into a waiting dark SUV.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents aren’t always immediately recognizable as authorities because of their face masks, at-times unmarked vests and clothes — unlike the uniformed law enforcement officers with which the public is familiar.

At a press conference in Boston on Monday, ICE officials did not answer questions as to why many of its agents have been witnessed working without any immediate identifiers, such as badges or monikers on jackets…

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