Masked agents and public arrests: A closer look at ICE’s increasingly aggressive tactics

In Los Angeles, a livestreaming Colombian immigrant was yanked out of her vehicle by masked federal agents and detained on the ground as she screamed.

In nearby San Bernardino, masked US Customs and Border Protection officers carrying out an immigration enforcement operation bashed in a vehicle’s window and fired multiple shots at the car as the people inside hit the gas.

And in Washington , DC, a cell phone video shows masked officers struggling to arrest a man before he appears to be tased and subdued on the pavement, while witnesses watched and jeered.

These are just a few of a growing number of similar immigration arrests across the country. Federal agents wearing masks, hailing from unclear agencies and driving unmarked vehicles have used aggressive tactics to arrest immigran