Leah Foley, the acting U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts, says ICE agents who are conducting arrests must cover their faces to protect themselves. She added that Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's allegations about ICE agents are not true and they're just doing their jobs.

"I don’t know of any police department that routinely wears masks," Mayor Michelle Wu said when asked about ICE agents hiding their faces.

ICE arrested over 1,500 criminal noncitizens in Massachusetts, targeting violent offenders and foreign fugitives.

In the wake of recent action by masked ICE agents, a new debate over face coverings has ignited in Massachusetts.

Criticism around ICE agents wearing masks while carrying out arrests has grown among progressives and some politicians.