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New California law bans federal agents from wearing masks in showdown over immigration raids (calmatters.org)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/california@lemmy.world
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In January, the state of California and its largest county will ban law enforcement officers from covering their faces, with a few exceptions, putting local and state police at odds with masked immigration agents.

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[–] 34 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

So will local and state police now do their jobs and arrest ICE agents flaunting their state's laws? At some point they need to choose sides.

Then again, what if the Trump admin passes a Federal law stating ICE agents must explicitly wear masks? What then?

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Not a lawyer, but I'm going to guess this will matter more for court cases from ICE. Evidence of wearing a mask? Instant dismissal

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago*

    I don't see how. These will be federal offenses tried in federal courts. Additionally I don't see how that would even invalidate the alleged crimes/ immigration claims the accused is facing.

    Now to be clear I do like this law. It will interfere with ICE. I just don't see the grounds for courts to use it to throw out cases

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