Truthout reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who conceal their faces and identities — some arresting immigrants outside Lower Manhattan courts and detaining citizens like Elzon Lemus and Andrea Velez — have opened the door to impersonators, with alleged cases in South Carolina, Florida, and Philadelphia. Legal experts and Democrats back bills requiring agents to identify themselves, while the Department of Homeland Security says face coverings protect officers and cites a 700 percent rise in assaults.