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

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>> 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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>>> 718 Comments
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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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>>> AD
>>> 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.
>>> Getty Images
>>> 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.
>>> AFP via Getty Images
>>> "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.
>>> Getty Images
>>> 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.
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>> 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
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> I waiting for him to get himself arrested on felony federal charges.. 
> which won't be dropped.
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> 
     Newsom is just channeling his inner Orville Faubus.


  Michael