Democratic officials in several states and cities are considering proposals to ban ICE agents from wearing masks and requiring them to display IDs when taking people into custody, reported Axios.

Lawmakers in California, New York, and Massachusetts are discussing or have introduced legislation that would ban the use of face coverings and plainclothes by ICE and other federal enforcement agents during immigration actions and local leaders in Chicago, Albuquerque, New Mexico and several towns in Southern California are considering proposals to ban masks and require agents to wear IDs.

The increase in high-profile immigration enforcement was already contentious between those opposed to the actions of Trump’s administration and those in support of them. Democrats contend that the sight of masked agents carrying out enforcement is creating a whole new level of conflict, in a way that has no real comparison in the U.S. history of policing.

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