Boston Globe: Warren, Markey call for probe into ‘escalating aggression’ by federal agents in immigration raids

Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey have called for an investigation into the “increasingly aggressive and intimidating tactics” used by federal agents in immigration raids across the country, according to a letter sent Wednesday to the US Department of Homeland Security.

“ICE’s escalating aggression is not making us safer,” read the letter, which was cosigned by all nine of the state’s representatives in Congress.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are hiding their identities, targeting sensitive locations, inflicting physical harm and psychological terror, and “stoking fear,” the letter said.

The seven-page letter comes amid several days of fiery protests in Los Angeles as immigration agents sweep job sites, factories, and graduation ceremonies.

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