DAVID SUSSIN

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Answering calls for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to stop wearing masks hiding their identity when making their arrests, Acting Director Todd M. Lyons admitted today the masks are worn to prevent a “visual assault on the citizens of our nation”. Apparently a “significant portion” of field agents seen on camera apprehending illegal immigrants are “objectively ugly” and, “no one needs to see their off-putting, sometimes shockingly unattractive faces”. According to Lyons, the fact all agents wear masks is an act of solidarity among ICE agents: “When they looked around and saw how hideous many of them were to look at, the decision was made — easily, I’m told — that they would all hide their faces.” This year, ICE has made tens of thousands of arrests as part of the Trump Administration’s promise to deport illegal immigrants. But the fact these arrests are being made by masked gunman has disturbed those who have an idealized vision of what living...

There's something a little suspicious in the Big Beautiful Bill signed into law by President Trump.  The law allocates 2.8 billion for border surveillance technology. This includes -- and is not limited to -- drones, tower-based surveillance, deployable ground sensors, vehicle and dismount exploration radars (radar on drones), seismic tunnel detection systems, advanced unattended surveillance sensors, mobile vehicle-mounted and man-portable surveillance, and fiber-optic sensing. If you're worried about the government watching you, it's not a comforting shopping list. Based on the text of the bill, we shouldn't be worried. All this technological power is explicitly restricted for use by border security. And there's nothing wrong or suspicious about funding border security. As we're constantly reminded, this is what Mr. Trump campaigned on. Not sure if everyone was on board with masked police taking people off the street, but assuming the person is here illegally,...