Border czar Tom Homan defended on Sunday the practice of ICE officers wearing masks while conducting illegal immigration enforcement operations. During an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union, Homan explained the rationale behind ICE officers wearing masks and why it is vital. 

“Let’s talk about the masks,” Homan said. “You don’t see ICE wearing masks inside the airports because they’re not on the street arresting criminals, [where] you have the agitators who cross the line and threaten ICE agents. The same people in the Democratic Congress that want ICE to take off the masks are the same people who say ICE is going to shoot people inside airports.”