Re: Newsom signs anti-ICE bill banning federal law enforcement from wearing masks

On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:57:11 -0700, Michael Ejercito
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>https://nypost.com/2025/09/20/us-news/california-bans-all-masking-including-by-ice-agents/
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>Newsom signs anti-ICE bill banning federal law enforcement from wearing 
>masks
>By Chris Harris
>Published Sep. 20, 2025, 7:52 p.m. ET
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>Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a series of bills on 
>Saturday banning masking statewide, as part of a concentrated effort to 
>bar Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from concealing their 
>identities during raids.
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>The five bills Newsom signed into law Saturday “make California the 
>first state in the nation to prohibit federal law enforcement officers, 
>including ICE, from hiding their identities,” according to a press 
>release from his office.
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>The anti-ICE moves also make “it less likely that federal immigration 
>enforcement officers target children in classrooms and patients in 
>hospitals,” the statement continued.
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>California Gov. Gavin Newsom looks on during a bill signing event.
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>California Governor Gavin Newsom teased the new masking legislation with 
>an X post.
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>Under the new legislation, law and immigrant enforcement officers must 
>remain identifiable “by name or badge number,” and “masks are not to be 
>worn except when absolutely necessary.”
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>Newsom’s office did not say how they would enforce such a rule against a 
>federal agency, though they did talk at length about how much they 
>oppose ICE’s recent actions.
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>“ICE agents have wrongfully arrested citizens, concealed their 
>identities, and undermined transparency,” the statement adds. “They 
>dismantled rules that once kept enforcement away from schools, 
>hospitals, and churches, fueling student absences and eroding community 
>trust.
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>Law enforcement officers arresting a demonstrator during an immigration 
>protest.
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>Demonstrations outside federal buildings have led to scores of arrests.
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>“Our places of learning and healing must never be turned into the 
>hunting grounds this federal administration has tried to make them out 
>to be,” Newsom’s statement continues. “I have sat with mothers who are 
>afraid to send their children to school, and with farmworker families 
>who live every day with the fear of being torn apart. No family should 
>ever have to carry that weight. California is choosing true public safety.”
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>The new law will require notification to families when immigration 
>enforcement intends on visiting a school.
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>Emergency rooms and other nonpublic areas within hospitals are off 
>limits to immigration enforcement “without a judicial warrant or court 
>order, and it clarifies that immigration information collected by a 
>health care provider is protected as medical information.”
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>California Governor Gavin Newsom speaking at a bill signing event 
>related to redistricting.
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>Newsom has been a staunch critic of the Trump administration’s policies.
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>Newsom announced the new laws hours after taking to X to tease Homeland 
>Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying she was about to have “a bad day.”
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>Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said he referred the X post the U.S. 
>Secret Service for a threat assessment.

ICE is coming for you, they will find you, and they will deport you.
There is nothing the California governor can do that will save you