A new California law requiring federal immigration agents to wear identification during their operations was permanently slapped down by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Critics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations say masked and unidentifiable agents pose a risk to illegal alien targets as well as the greater public.
‘No set of circumstances exist under which the Act would be valid.’
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On Wednesday, the three-judge panel of the appeals court said the state could not restrict federal operations without congressional approval.
“We conclude … the No Vigilantes Act attempts to directly regulate the United States in its performance of governmental functions,” Judge Mark J. Bennett wrote. “No set of circumstances exist under which the Act would be valid.”
The ruling said the law violated the Supremacy Clause of
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