(NewsNation) — ICE agents have been faced with heightened scrutiny in major cities across the U.S. as the agency ramps up immigration arrests.

ICE agents often wear masks during their operations, and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, a Democrat, recently said she did not know of any other police agency that wears masks like the immigration agents do. She also noted that controversial groups, including the neo-Nazi organization NSC-131, do wear them.

In a post on social platform X, the Department of Homeland Security called Wu's remarks "sickening," and that they wear the masks to protect themselves from being targeted.

Leah Foley, the acting U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts, also said the agents are protecting themselves, and that she will continue to defend them against Wu's cla

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