Civil rights attorney sounds alarm after video shows ICE agents covering cameras during immigration raids

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy After video showed federal agents covering a doorbell security camera during a sweeping Trump immigration immigration raid across Colorado cities this week, civil rights advocates are now sounding the alarm. In response to the report, immigration officials at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which led the operation, said, “ICE does not comment on specific tactics, capabilities, or operational details.” "My first reaction was anger," Kosloski told 9News about the footage showing the camera being covered. open image in gallery The Trump administration launched a major multi-agency immigration operation against cities in Colorado this week, though it netted less Venezuelan gang members than expected Residents described an atmosphere of anxiety as agents from ICE, the Drug Enforcement Agency, Border Patrol, and other federal agencies conducted the operation across the Denver and Aurora areas, a seeming mix of targeted removals and random searching for undocumented people. Border czar Tom Homan this week claimed local media members and activists on scene during the raids had “crossed the line of impediment” and “might find themselves in a pair of handcuffs very soon.” Acting ICE director Caleb Vitello criticized local jurisdictions such as Denver, where police do not take part in civil immigration enforcement, and jails do not hold migrants behind bars for extra time beyond their local sentences at the request of federal immigration officials.