Traditionally, executioners, bank robbers, and killers in horror films wear masks. It's easier to do bad things and to frighten others when you cannot be held accountable, when you cannot be recognized as human.

Gangs of masked men are kidnapping people in the United States on behalf of the U.S. government, and refusing to identify themselves. They could be non-governmental criminals, for all anyone knows, and yet refusal to obey them is treated as a crime, even if their victim had not been accused of any other crime prior to that moment.

We're pushing forward three pieces of legislation in the U.S. Congress:

• The VISIBLE Act — introduced by Sen. Alex Padilla, this bill prohibits ICE agents from concealing their identities.

• The No Masks for ICE Act — introduced by Rep. Nydia Velázquez, this bill bans ICE officers from wearing face coverings that obscure their identities.

• The No Secret Police Act — introduced by Reps. Dan Goldman and Adriano Espaillat, this bill closes loopholes that allow federal agencies to act as unaccountable secret police, shielding themselves from public scrutiny.

RootsAction is working with a large coalition on this. Every voice counts. Lets all add our names and then share it far and wide.

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