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Uncle Joe

(63,195 posts)
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:23 AM Yesterday

CA Gov. Signs Law Against Masked ICE Agents; Feds Say They Won't Comply



California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the No Secret Police Act into law this week, banning all law enforcement — including federal immigration agents — from covering their faces while conducting raids in the state. "What this law is trying to do is to take us back from the era of routine masking based on completely foundationless officer claims of fear," says Eva Bitran, the director of immigrants' rights at the ACLU of Southern California. Trump administration officials have already vowed to ignore the California law, "and this is why we need to have a federal solution that will apply nationwide," says New York Congressmember Nydia Velázquez, who has introduced the No Masks for ICE Act in Congress.
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CA Gov. Signs Law Against Masked ICE Agents; Feds Say They Won't Comply (Original Post) Uncle Joe Yesterday OP
order the state police to try and enforce the law... mike_c 23 hrs ago #1
This is where it's gonna get interesting.. When the Police force in California tries to enforce the no mask law.. mitch96 21 hrs ago #2

mike_c

(36,756 posts)
1. order the state police to try and enforce the law...
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:10 PM
23 hrs ago

...every time ICE or any other federal agents appear with their faces covered. That will significantly reduce their arrest success rate. Impede and distract them wherever they go.

mitch96

(15,494 posts)
2. This is where it's gonna get interesting.. When the Police force in California tries to enforce the no mask law..
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 02:11 PM
21 hrs ago

What will ICE do? Shoot claiming self defense? Run? Will the police force in Califfornia actually enforce this law? or just stand by and watch...
This could be a spark...
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