An ICE spokesperson told CBS New York the masks are optional but that "ICE law enforcement and their families are being targeted and are facing a 500% increase in assaults ... due to the demonization of ICE by hostile groups and irresponsible elected officials."

Attleboro Rep. Jim Hawkins says he created bill because of rising complaints of ICE agents covering their face while detaining people for immigration-related issues.

Embattled State Police Sgt. Yuriy Bukhenik has been kicked out of the Norfolk DA’s office as fallout from the Karen Read case spreads.

Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik, a key investigator in the Karen Read case​, has been transferred to another Massachusetts State Police role.

A Massachusetts state police sergeant who supervised the investigation into the Karen Read case, has been reassigned to the Division of Standards and Training.