Isn’t this the standard justification for secret police? That enough people don’t like what they’re doing that they need to protect themselves? Why do police need to be secret?

«“People are out there, taking photos of the names [ICE agents], their faces, and posting them online with death threats to their family and themselves. So, I’m sorry if people are offended by them wearing masks, but I’m not going to let my officers and agents go out there and put their lives on the line and their family on the line because people don’t like what immigration enforcement is.”

ICE’s view appears to be that they have a higher duty to carry out actions that protect the public from people who have committed or have the potential to commit crimes.»

https://prospect.org/justice/2025-06-24-ice-impersonations-proliferate-agencys-undercover-tactics/