DHS agents do not want people wearing costumes or masks at protests

[LetMyPeopleVote]

The protesters in frog and other costumes have pissed off trump's goons and they are now citing a rule on people in masks or disguises

Link to tweet

BREAKING: DHS agents at the ICE facility in Portland notified protesters that a new policy regarding concealing identities behind facial coverings has gone into effect, starting today.

Wearing a mask on and/or near federal property is now prohibited, allowing federal agents to apprehend subjects on suspicion laws may be violated.

It is okay for trump's goons to wear masks but persons exercising their first amendment rights cannot.

This policy will be litigated

[Lovie777]

1. We still live in a free country....................

[surfered]

51. Not sure if we do anymore...

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Here are some of the targets of this new policy

[Hekate]

45. Those are some real scary dudes & dudettes!

[MarineCombatEngineer]

3. I would imagine that it's going to be struck down as a violation of the 1A.

So how come these Nazi ICEholes can wear masks, but ordinary citizens can't?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. There will be First Amendment challenges to this regulation

I saw this and smiled

Link to tweet

[MarineCombatEngineer]

16. Oh Jeez,

I religiously watched the 3 Stooges growing up, and I still watch them on DVD.

They kinda went downhill after the deaths of Curly and Shemp.

[twodogsbarking]

34. Google Bob Saget and Larry Fine. Onion alert

[MarineCombatEngineer]

54. Just got down watching the video of Bob Saget talking about the time he spent with Larry Fine.

Quite the story.

[twodogsbarking]

59. We have more pics of the stooges in our house than anyone else.

Golf with the Stooges.
If you are trying to look stupid and people laugh then you are smart. If you aren't trying to look stupid and people laugh, then, you are, well, stupid.

[Irish_Dem]

4. ICE agents wear masks and costumes every day.

Playing at being ICE Nazis.

[Dave Bowman]

8. I bet that they're really proud of themselves. Cowards.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Brave badasses who have to wear masks. Coward man babies.

[lastlib]

21. (Off topic, I LOVE your user name!)

2001 is my all-time favorite movie! I almost got a vanity license plate that said "AE-35"

[Amaryllis]

5. THey aren't doing it "to avoid detection or identification". They are doing to mock the allegation that they are violent

[Diamond_Dog]

6. The hypocrisy is absolutely lost on these goons.

[Dave Bowman]

7. You first, goons.

[WestMichRad]

10. If we all dress up as ice agents we can wear masks.

Better yet, as commanders, so we can order them to back down.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Dress up like Kristy Noem and Trump. Boss everyone around.

[rubbersole]

11. The snowflakes are turning into a blizzard.

The Tribunals will hear the "I was just following orders" defense all the Nazis used. Didn't work then, it won't work now.

[eShirl]

12. so it applies to them too, right?

[JustAnotherGen]

14. Let them try it

Seriously - people feel threatened by ICE goons - they need to make sure ICE isn't taking their pictures and sending them to the Klan, Proud Boys, etc. etc.

[sop]

15. "Attempting to avoid identification while violating federal, state or local law"? Yeah, that's bullshit.

No laws are being violated. Trump's DHS henchmen cannot unilaterally overturn the First Amendment. Peaceful protests on public property while wearing a mask or costume are not a violation of the law, it is protected free speech.

The First Amendment expressly prohibits the government from restricting "the right of the people to peaceably assemble or to petition the government." Go ahead, arrest U.S. citizens for exercising their First Amendment free speech rights. The lawsuits will be expensive.

[Amaryllis]

19. Apparently they think they can make their own laws and overturn existing laws just because they want to. They

have shown repeatedly that they don't understand how laws are created and upheld.

[Aristus]

18. "How DARE they use our tactics against us!?!?"

- Every slack-muscled, pot-bellied, incompetent armchair warrior in history.

[lastlib]

20. Hey, Krusty Gnome---Go Fuck A Cactus!

I'll wear a mask at your place, and I'll take it off if ALL your goons will take off theirs!

[Attilatheblond]

22. Hey Cos Play Barbie and all your thugs: we have rights and masks, you have masks, no warrants, and break laws

You show me yours first, you mask thugs and kidnappers!

[crud]

23. DHS is terrified

by people in inflatable animal costumes...let Malaise make it pellucidly clear.

[bromeando]

24. Facial coverings

But it's OK if they do it? I would paint my face with different cosmetics.

[IbogaProject]

25. Hmm the masked forces don't like masked protests

And that cited 139.35(b) only applies "while violating any federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation." Fairly hard to characterize First Amendment protest as violating any law, rule or regulation, whereas ICE breaking laws and norms masked up is in violation of that cited statute.

[Warpy]

26. Awwwww, poor babies./ But they think it's just peachy for ICE agents breaking the law

Got it. We're subjected to facial recogniton software but those thugs are not.

I don't intend to comply with totalitarianism.

Do you?

[Nasruddin]

27. Sauce for the goose....

[Seinan Sensei]

28. So I can still moon them?

[markie]

29. priceless

this is the call for all of us to wear costumes, masks, face coverings, whatever, whenever we protest!! Game on

[TommyT139]

30. It foils their facial recognition technology.

They have drones flying above protests to capture imagery, and recently have been buying software designed to integrate with other DHS databases. (Remember all that info DOGE stole?)

404Media.com has been doing excellent reporting on this.

[IbogaProject]

31. DHS now says, "Masks are Bad" !!

Ok when are the DHS and ICE banning their own personnel from hiding behind masks?

[3catwoman3]

32. "What's good for the goose..."

"Turn about is fair play."

No mask for me? Then, no mask for thee.

[pazzyanne]

50. EXACTLY!!!!

[Bev54]

33. Since when do they get to make laws in states or federal?

Isn't that congresses jurisdiction? I am sure this will be challenged in court. And by the way it should include themselves as well.

[twodogsbarking]

35. So we can say Merry Christmas but we get shot on Halloween? I get it.

[Scrivener7]

36. They can go fuck themselves.

[LittleGirl]

37. DHS: You First!

ill wear what I want.

[Greybnk48]

55. That's a great big "tough shit" from me too!

I'll wear what I want. And the masked and sunglassed buttheads in unmarked clothing can gfthemelves.

[republianmushroom]

38. Does this include ICE agents also ?

It sure as hell should ? Don't see where federal employee are exempt from this ruling, law.

[live love laugh]

39. They're violating the law then.

[The Madcap]

40. What if ICE threw a "party"

And no one came? Let them prowl the empty streets with no one to beat. No nearby cars, no one. Just blast out the worst possible tunes from all surrounding loudspeakers. "Muskrat Love," "YMCA," why, even William Shatner singing covers, etc. Wherever they go, the tunes will follow. Reverse psychological warfare. It would be hilarious.

[jmbar2]

41. Makeup to confuse facial recognition

[Hekate]

42. Oh, but THEY can wear masks and cosplay as real federal agents & not thugs. Ooookay.

[yellowdogintexas]

43. too bad. I think inflatables and masks are here to stay.

We are just having too much fun with them

[Liberty Belle]

44. How fast can the ACLU get an injunction on this?

And make one of the plaintiffs an immune-compromised person who wants to wear an N-95 mask.

Are federal courts even still open with the shutdown? How long will judges and others work without pay?

[StarryNite]

46. What about COVID masks?

Are they saying we can't protect ourselves from COVID and other viruses?

[twodogsbarking]

47. Don't turn the channel, stay tuned for this.....

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/jewish-badge-during-the-nazi-era

[KitFox]

48. Singing, dancing, chanting, sign holding, mask wearing, and costume wearing are not against the law. Cartoon Kristi's

DHS will never learn the lesson of “when you have dug yourself into a hole, stop digging.” I loved seeing that the spontaneous DC protest following the election wins this week had lots of costumes. People are emboldened by the Drumpf regime crap like this.

[UT_democrat]

49. Weird

Do they think seeing people in masks is unnerving? Does it make them scared? Does it create chaos and confusion?

[Grins]

52. " punishable by incarceration up to 30 days and a $5,000.00 fine." Since when does ICE get to make law?

Policies, and commensurate fines and punishments are a function of legislatures, not the whim of police with hurt fee-fees.

[electric_blue68]

53. Send for the WAAAAAHMULANCE!

[Farmer-Rick]

56. Since when does DHS make laws?

They can put out all the crappy policies they want. But we as American citizens are not required to follow their made up rules. Especially when the rule violates the US Constitution.

And if you look at stupid rule139.35 (c), it outlaws making loud noises. Yeah, so chanting or even a baby crying is a violation in the mind of the puppy killer. She is so weird.

Her little Nazi ICE followers can bow down to their Queen but as for me, she's an idiot and her rules mean Nothing.

[Turbineguy]

57. This means that trump goons can't smear their shit allover

did they think this through?

[Layzeebeaver]

58. A await the 1000000 frog march.

Followed by the 1 man frog-march…

[LetMyPeopleVote]

60. Trump administration speeds up new rules that would make it easier to charge some protesters

trump wants to prosecute even more protesters

Trump administration speeds up new rules that would make it easier to charge some protesters

— WJTV 12 News (@wjtv.bsky.social) 2025-11-06T21:30:07.587Z

https://www.wjtv.com/washington/washington-dc/ap-trump-administration-speeds-up-new-rules-that-would-make-it-easier-to-charge-some-protesters/

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is speeding up the implementation of new rules that would give the agency tasked with protecting federal government facilities greater authority to charge people for a broader array of offenses on or off those properties.

The changes outlining the powers of the Federal Protective Service, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security, were put forward in early January under the Biden administration and were slated to take effect on Jan. 1 of next year but instead went into effect Wednesday. The administration said the rules were being changed ahead of time so they could address a “recent surge in violence.”

They come as protests have surged against President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, especially near buildings associated with immigration enforcement, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices or facilities. They also come as the Trump administration is facing lawsuits in both Chicago and Portland against what critics say is the excessive use of force by federal officers against protesters and others or unjustified attempts to bring in federal forces to protect facilities.

Activists and many political leaders have accused Homeland Security of aggressively suppressing peaceful protests and targeting activists trying to hold them accountable. Critics said the new rules could be used to target protesters.

[Jbraybarten]

61. Citizens don't want brown shirts in their cities