With no-masks proposal, Jackson County joins push to restrain ICE

By: Mary Sanchez

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: February 6, 2026

Words: 1,871

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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The images have become ubiquitous in the Trump administration’s campaign for mass deportations of immigrants.

Masked agents, swathed in tactical gear and carrying semiautomatic firearms, menace protesters with chemical sprays and smash car windows while dragging immigrants from their vehicles.

Critics label the aggressive actions by unidentifiable agents as a calculated effort by the Department of Homeland Security to send a paramilitary force into select American cities.

But the cheapest and most …

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