Democrats in Michigan are pushing legislation that would open ICE agents to prosecution if they wear face masks.
It’s hard to keep up with where these folks stand on masks. A few years ago, they wanted to punish anyone who wouldn’t wear one. Now they want ICE agents prosecuted if they do.
It’s particularly surprising that this is happening in Michigan, where Governor Gretchen Whitmer was known for her harsh COVID-19 measures.
FOX News reports:
MI Dems seek to prosecute mask-wearing ICE, after state instituted $500 fine for being maskless during COVIDA Michigan Democratic effort would open up ICE agents to state prosecution if they conduct immigration enforcement operations while wearing masks that conceal their identity.The effort comes five years after Michigan Democrats supported Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s order outlining $500 fines for civilians who, conversely, defied her executive order to wear masks in public during the coronavirus pandemic.The bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Betsy Coffia, D-Traverse City, said Friday ICE’s masking-up “mirror the tactics of secret police in authoritarian regimes and strays from the norms that define legitimate local law enforcement.””It confuses and frightens communities,” she said. “Those who protect and serve our community should not do so behind a concealed identity.”A banner on the dais from which Coffia announced the bill read, “Justice needs no masks.”State Rep. Noah Arbit, D-West Bloomfield, added his name as a co-sponsor and said in a statement when a person is unable to discern whether someone apprehending them is a government authority or not, it “shreds the rule of law.””That is why the Trump administration and the Republican Party are the most pro-crime administration and political party that we have ever seen,” Arbit said.
As we and others have pointed out, the reason ICE agents are wearing masks is that their lives and the lives of their family members are at risk. By trying to unmask them, Democrats are putting them in danger.
From Townhall:
But this kind of rhetoric has real-world consequences: assaults on ICE agents have surged by more than 800 percent. That’s exactly why agents are now taking extra steps to conceal their identities, because activist websites have begun targeting them by name, creating serious fears for their safety and the safety of their families. Not to mention that masks were not only encouraged under Governor Whitmer and the Democrat run city council, but civilians faced fines for not complying with executive orders signed by the governor. If there were no danger in ICE agents performing their duties, there would be no reason for them to conceal their identity.
See the video below:
This was Michigan just five years ago:
Featured image via YouTube.
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