From the Washington Examiner: A new California law that bans federal immigration officers from wearing face masks in the state is unconstitutional and unenforceable, according to former law enforcement officials.
Over the weekend, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed five bills into law that aim at restraining the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement from arresting illegal immigrants across the West Coast state, a move that he said was meant to deter federal authorities from carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation operation.
Other laws included policies barring ICE from accessing schools and hospitals without a judicial warrant and requiring schools, colleges, and universities to alert parents when ICE is on campus.
One such law, SB 627, made it illegal for local police and sheriff’s department employees, federal police, and state police from states other than California to wear face masks while working. California state police were exempt from the face mask ban.
However, the Washington Examiner explains that they have spoken with multiple former police officers and other officials, who are pushing back on Newsom’s new laws.
The officers say the state of California could enforce the mask ban against its own local police and sheriff’s deputies, but it cannot dictate how federal police present themselves.
“Everyone knows that [California] can’t do this,” declared Jonathan Fahey, a former acting ICE director, noting that federal law is always supreme over state law.
The Department of Homeland Security is telling Newsom to go pound sand.
“To be clear: We will NOT comply with Gavin Newsom’s unconstitutional mask ban. 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 signed unconstitutional legislation that strips law enforcement of protections in a disgusting, diabolical fundraising and PR stunt,” DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin declared on Monday.
To be clear: We will NOT comply with Gavin Newsom’s unconstitutional mask ban.
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 signed unconstitutional legislation… pic.twitter.com/8Me4OOP8t8
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) September 22, 2025
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