DOJ demands court block California laws banning ICE from concealing identities: ‘Designed to create risk for our agents’

DOJ demands court block California laws banning ICE from concealing identities: ‘Designed to create risk for our agents’


The Trump administration on Monday challenged two recently passed California laws banning most Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from concealing their identities, arguing they mark an “unconstitutional attempt” to regulate federal law enforcement officers. 

“Law enforcement officers risk their lives every day to keep Americans safe, and they do not deserve to be doxed or harassed simply for carrying out their duties,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement announcing the lawsuit

“California’s anti-law enforcement policies discriminate against the federal government and are designed to create risk for our agents. These laws cannot stand,” she added in a press release alleging the laws threaten “officers with prosecution for simply protecting their identities and their families … chills the enforcement of federal law, and compromises sensitive

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