Local and federal agents, including immigration officials, may not wear non-medical masks while conducting official business

Local and federal agents, including immigration officials, may not wear masks while conducting official business

California will be the first state to ban most law enforcement, including federal immigration agents, from covering their faces while conducting official business under a bill signed by the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, on Saturday.

The ban is California’s direct response to a recent series of immigration raids in Los Angeles where federal agents wore masks while making mass arrests. The raids prompted protests and led Donald Trump to deploy national guard troops and marines to the city.

It’s unclear how – or whether – the state can enforce the ban on the federal agents who have been carrying out those raids. A homeland security official called the legislation “despicable” in a statement this week, adding that the ban would only put officers in danger.

  • JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone
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    2 days ago

    Would put officers in danger not having masks on?
    I would think that if the general public wants to stop or dissuade them from executing these orders that perhaps its the laws that are wrong? If society at large disagrees with the current law of the land, then who is these law benefiting or protecting? The fragile & scared.