Judge Rules New York Can’t Ban Federal Agents From Wearing Face Coverings
The ruling bars New York from enforcing its face-covering rule against federal agents while preserving a separate ban on local ICE cooperation agreements.
- On Monday, U.S. District Judge Mae D'Agostino issued a preliminary injunction blocking New York's law prohibiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from wearing masks, preventing local police from arresting federal agents for covering their faces in public.
- Gov. Kathy Hochul and state Democrats enacted these restrictions in May to limit aggressive tactics employed by ICE, including bans on enforcement activity at sensitive locations like hospitals and schools without a judicial warrant.
- D'Agostino simultaneously upheld the state's prohibition on 287 cooperation agreements between local police and federal immigration authorities, ruling the ban is an "appropriate means of furthering New York's legitimate interests in protecting public welfare."
- The Department of Justice argued the mask ban violates the Supremacy Clause by regulating federal officers; D'Agostino wrote the measure could have a "chilling effect on enforcement" by interfering with agent safety.
- Attorney General Letitia James and other state officials are reviewing potential appeals while maintaining the 287 ban's legality, as the Office of Immigrant Trust recently ordered localities to end cooperation agreements by August 25.
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Law enforcement agencies in New York will still be required to terminate any official agreements to work with federal immigration authorities, but a state law barring federal and local law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings has been paused.
Judge Blocks NY Law Banning Federal Agents From Wearing Masks
Source: UCG / Getty Outside of a SWAT team, it’s generally expected that most law enforcement officers are required to identify themselves. For some reason, that doesn’t extend to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. While New York tried to rectify the issue by implementing a law banning federal agents from wearing masks, a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the law. The New York Times reports that the Depar…
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Judge blocks enforcement on New York's ban on ICE wearing masks, rejects challenge to 287(g)s
A federal judge upheld a New York State law banning local police from acting as federal immigration agents while blocking a separate measure intended to prevent officers from wearing masks.
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