# Did ICE agents go masked before Trump?

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**Created:** [June 15, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ice-agents-go-masked-before-trump/1019675 "2025-06-15T23:11:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ice-agents-go-masked-before-trump/1019675/1 "2025-06-15T23:11:51Z")

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These days we see lots of pictures of ICE agents wearing face-concealing bandanas.

Was this always their standard practice? Or has it only been adopted recently?

Note that this is posted in FQ. Factual answers to this specific question only, please.

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**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ice-agents-go-masked-before-trump/1019675/2 "2025-06-16T03:34:04Z")

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Yes, sometimes.

> **[U.S. Officials Arrest Mexican Drug Cartel Operative Near Los Angeles](https://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/07/03/us-officials-arrest-mexican-drug-cartel-operative)**
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> U.S. officials announced Tuesday the arrest of a woman thought to be a key link between a major Mexican drug trafficking organization and U.S. distributors.