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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Judge Strikes Down NY Ban On Masked ICE Agents
The New York Times reports: New York’s law prohibiting federal immigration agents from wearing masks and requiring them to display identification was blocked on Monday after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction halting the ban. The Department of Justice has vehemently opposed New York’s efforts to rein in ICE operations, saying they represent an illegal push to regulate the federal government. In June, the Trump administration sued to…
New York Cannot Ban Federal Agents From Wearing Masks, Judge Rules
A judge ruled on Aug. 3 that New York cannot ban federal agents from wearing masks or balaclavas, or require them to wear visible identification. U.S. District Judge Mae D’Agostino, for the Northern District of New York, wrote that New York state’s perspective “is grounded in unavoidable observations of recent troubling events which loom darkly over the public perception of the manner in which federal immigration law is enforced.” “New York appe…
Judge blocks New York’s anti-ICE mask law but preserves law barring cooperation on ICE arrests
A federal judge has blocked New York's new law barring ICE officers from wearing masks while on duty in the state, but allowed another law that blocks localities from signing cooperation agreements with the deportation agency.
New York law barring ICE agents from wearing masks is blocked by judge
New York’s law prohibiting federal immigration agents from wearing masks and requiring them to display identification was blocked on Monday after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction halting the ban. The post New York law barring ICE agents from wearing masks is blocked by judge appeared first on West Hawaii Today.
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