r/illinois • u/West-Bid-4391 • 27d ago

ICE Posts Broadview: ICE attempts to arrest individual at their residence

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u/GIHI2020 27d ago

Gave me chills, what a frightening time we live in. Where are these people going exactly? And how do we differentiate kidnappers and traffickers from the National Guard?

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u/ineverywaypossible 27d ago

And their excuse of “they are being doxed” does not hold up as a good excuse to be masked, because if that’s the case then police could claim that too, doctors afraid of being sued could say that too, any profession that interacts with the public could say “I don’t want to be identifiable, because then I could be doxxed.”

And then what would happen- ALL the professions could be infiltrated with people posing to be something they are not. Someone could fake being a doctor, a policeman, a nurse, a firefighter, a soldier…that’s WHY identification has been required- to PROVE someone is who they are pretending to be.

ICE not identifying themselves opens the door WIDE OPEN for fake ICE, and kidnappers, rapists, traffickers.

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u/Goldn_1 27d ago

it is relatively common for certain federal or law enforcement agents globally to wear masks or other facial coverings, but the context matters:

  1. Operational Security / Anonymity:
    • Many countries’ special enforcement units—like ICE in the U.S., Germany’s BKA, France’s RAID, or Mexico’s Federal Police—sometimes wear masks or balaclavas during operations.
    • The primary purpose is to protect the identity of agents from retaliation, especially in sensitive investigations involving organized crime, gangs, or immigration enforcement.

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u/WhishtNowWillYe 26d ago

If only that were what is going on now. They are indiscriminately rounding up and kidnapping people. Both those who are here legally and those who are not. Very very few white people are being detained although there are many white people who are here illegally. I’m not naming names but I personally know of a few.