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Masked ICE agents are a danger to both the public and themselves

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Frida Ghitis: Masked federal agents in immigration raids pose a danger to the public and the agents themselves.

She says they are entitled to fewer privacy protections while on the job than the rest of us.

Ghitis says it's one thing to be approached by a phalanx of police officers, but it's something else entirely to be swarmed by masked men.

In 2014 , Marvin Guy shot at police, killing four officers, killing one , in Texas .

In Kentucky police raided Breonna Taylor's home on a no-knock narcotics warrant, killing her and her boyfriend.

David Gergen : It's indefensible to deploy anonymous, unaccountable government agents to carry out that task.

He says it carries serious risk of armed confrontation between law enforcement and well-meaning individuals.

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