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Despite their proclivity<\/span> for wearing masks, the Department of Homeland Security denies that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents refuse to identify themselves in the field. \u201cI\u2019ve been on a number of these operations,\u201d Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said last month<\/a>. \u201cThey are wearing vests that say ICE or ERO, which is the enforcement arm of ICE or Homeland Security Investigations. They clearly verbally identify themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n But video from a confrontation in a New York state town that was reviewed by The Intercept contradicts her claims.<\/p>\n In the footage, Juan Fonseca Tapia<\/a>, the co-founder and organizer of the Connecticut-based immigrant advocacy group Greater Danbury Unites for Immigrants, questions a man dressed as a construction worker.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat agency are you with?\u201d asks Fonseca Tapia, filming through his car window.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not going to tell you,\u201d responds<\/a> the man, who is wearing a high-visibility construction vest, an orange helmet, and glasses, with a camouflage mask covering most of his face. \u201cIt\u2019s none of your business.\u201d<\/p>\n