Key House Republican Calls for Removing ICE Masks, Citing Trust

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), a leading moderate and former FBI agent, endorsed some changes to immigration enforcement tactics Wednesday, saying they’re needed to rebuild trust between federal agents and the communities where they operate.

“They need body cameras. They need to remove masks. They need proper training. They need to be conducting operations that are consistent with their mission,” Fitzpatrick said in an exclusive interview with Bloomberg Government. “You should not have Border Patrol agents from McAllen, Texas put inside an inner-city doing crowd control. That’s not their mission, that’s not their training. They don’t know how to do it.” ...