California effort to unmask ICE agents stopped by federal judge
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A Los Angeles-based federal judge on Monday blocked California from enforcing a law requiring ICE officers to remove masks during immigration enforcement operations.
Judge Christina Snyder, appointed during the Clinton administration, argued that the “No Secret Police Act” and the “Vigilante Ban” discriminated against the federal government in violation of the Supremacy Clause.
Observers film ICE agents guarding the perimeter after one of their vehicles got a flat tire on Penn Avenue in Minneapolis, Minn., on Feb. 5, 2026. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
Under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, federal law takes precedence over any conflicting state or local law, rendering subordinate law unenforceable.
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