As RedState previously reported, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill into law in September that effectively sought to ban federal immigration enforcement officers from wearing masks, despite the fact that they and their families have been doxed and harassed by anti-ICE agitators as the agents worked to take criminal illegal immigrants off our streets.
The Trump administration sued soon after, ahead of the law's January 1 effective date, on grounds that the law was unconstitutional.
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On Monday, a Clinton-appointed federal judge issued a ruling on the so-called "No Secret Police Act," a ruling that dealt a setback to the Newsom-led anti-ICE resistance but which leaves the door open to the possibility of the law being rewritten to sufficiently address the judge's objections:
A new California law banning federal and local law enforcement officers from wearing masks was blocked Monday by a federal judge in a suit by the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder said the law’s exemption for state police discriminated against immigration agents and other federal officers covered by the ban.
The law “treats federal law enforcement differently than similarly situated state law enforcement officers,” wrote Snyder, who is based in Los Angeles.
Snyder upheld another recently enacted state law requiring law enforcement officers to wear badges or other identification on their uniforms. That law applied to all officers, including state police.
Violations of either law could be prosecuted as crimes, punishable by jail sentences and fines, or punished by financial penalties under civil law. Both laws had been scheduled to take effect Jan. 1 but were put on hold during the legal challenges. The judge’s ruling apparently would allow legislators to reenact the mask ban without exempting state police, but it’s unclear whether Gov. Gavin Newsom would sign such a measure.
BREAKING: Los Angeles based federal judge Christina Snyder (Clinton appointee) has blocked California from enforcing its law that requires ICE agents to unmask, arguing the law discriminates against the federal government by singling it out, and it violates the Supremacy Clause.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) February 9, 2026
The full ruling can be read here.
Editor’s Note: Democrat politicians and their radical supporters will do everything they can to interfere with and threaten ICE agents enforcing our immigration laws.
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