A federal judge has blocked a New York State law that bans Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from wearing masks and requires them to wear identificiation. The judge left a law banning cooperation between local law enforcement agencies and ICE. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A federal judge has blocked a New York State law that banned Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from wearing face coverings and required them to wear identification.
However, Judge Mae D'Agostino refused to block another state law that bans cooperation between ICE and local law enforcement agencies.
D'Agostino said New York "appeared to be well intentioned in its pursuit of transparent policing" but that the face covering and ID laws "directly regulate federal officers in violation of the supremacy clause," making them unconstitutional.
"Settled law establishes that federal, not state, authorities make the policies that animate the enforcement of federal immigration laws," the judge ruled.
