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A federal judge ruled Monday that California can\u2019t enforce a law banning federal immigration agents from wearing masks.<\/p>\n
Judge Christina A. Snyder from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled that California\u2019s \u201cNo Secret Police Act\u201d both discriminates against the federal government for solely applying to federal law enforcement and violates its power granted by the Constitution\u2019s Supremacy Clause.<\/p>\n
Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the law in September to ban Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from wearing masks while making arrests, forcing them to show their faces. The Department of Homeland Security quickly jumped to condemn the law, calling it \u201ca flagrant attempt to endanger\u201d federal officers.<\/p>\n
ICE agents currently face a more than 1,000% increase in assaults, a surge in doxxing efforts, and a roughly 8,000% jump in death threats, according to the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n
Left-wing activist groups have set up online databases to reveal photos of federal agents and publicize their names and locations.<\/p>\n
In cities like Minneapolis, ICE Watch groups follow federal immigration agents to nearly every arrest site, snapping pictures of them and their license plates to alert the public to their whereabouts.<\/p>\n
After the California law passed, United States Attorney Bill Essayli said California \u201cdoes not and cannot have jurisdiction\u201d over the federal agents.<\/p>\n
Over the summer, Los Angeles became the center of aggressive immigration raids that drew violent rioters that blocked major highways, set cars ablaze, and hurled concrete blocks at law enforcement.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump responded to the mobs by sending in 4,000 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines to quell the melee.<\/p>\n
In an attempt to change the judge\u2019s mind, Democratic Senator Scott Weiner announced that he would swiftly file a bill to include California Highway Patrol in the mask ban.<\/p>\n
In her ruling, the judge did scrutinize the Trump administration, saying that \u201cfederal officers can perform their federal functions without wearing masks.\u201d<\/p>\n