Sens. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., have proposed legislation banning federal immigration agents from wearing face coverings and requiring they display information identifying themselves as federal enforcement officials.

“When federal immigration agents show up and pull someone off the street in plainclothes with their face obscured and no visible identification, it only escalates tensions and spreads fear while shielding federal agents from basic accountability,” Padilla said in a statement, Axios reported.

The senator added the legislation, titled the VISIBLE Act, will “restore transparency and ensure impersonators can’t exploit the panic” during ICE raids.

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