EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Will Be Ignoring California’s ‘Unconstitutional’ Anti-ICE Law
Jason Hopkins
Immigration Reporter
September 22, 2025
The Trump administration doesn’t plan to adhere to California’s new law demanding that federal immigration agents remove face masks during enforcement operations.
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Saturday that largely bans face coverings for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and other law enforcement authorities operating in the state, igniting another fight between the Trump administration and California’s pro-sanctuary leaders. However, California residents should not expect face masks for federal agents to disappear any time soon. (RELATED: Immigration Judge Orders Mahmoud Khalil Be Deported To Algeria Or Syria)
“Governor Gavin Newsom is fanning the flames of division, hatred and dehumanization of our law enforcement,” Assistant Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Monday in a statement exclusively shared with the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“At a time that ICE law enforcement faces a 1,000% increase in assaults and their family members are being doxxed and targeted, the sitting Governor of California signs unconstitutional legislation that strips law enforcement of protections in a disgusting, diabolical fundraising and PR stunt,” McLaughlin continued. “To be crystal clear: we will not abide by Newsom’s unconstitutional ban.”
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/22/dhs-ignoring-california-ice-face-mask-law/
