# @startribune on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DTgg32SlmNh
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/45954849-startribune-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-01-14T22:34:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Star Tribune (@StarTribune) — https://gondola.cc/StarTribune

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A Democratic state legislator plans to introduce a bill requiring law enforcement — including the thousands of federal agents working in Minnesota — to show their faces on the job.

The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Lindsey Port, DFL-Burnsville, said she does not expect federal agents would comply with any such state law, but hoped local police would see that face coverings are corroding the public’s faith in law enforcement.

“It’s critical in Minnesota that we have trust in law enforcement,” Port said, especially after the reckoning that followed the murder of George Floyd. “Many local police departments have said what we’re seeing now from federal agents is destroying that trust that we have worked hard to build back.”

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says ICE agents wear masks to prevent protesters identifying them and publishing information such as their names and home addresses online.

Separately, city attorneys in St. Paul are drafting restrictions on law enforcement wearing masks. The City Council held an initial public discussion Wednesday morning on how to move forward with new laws.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story by Josie Albertson-Grove. Photo by @lizrflores/The Minnesota Star Tribune.

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