California has been obstructing immigration enforcement efforts from the get-go. But their delay tactics are falling apart.
Now Gavin Newsom’s ICE crackdown crumbled, and insiders reveal a shocking truth.
California Law Targets ICE Agents’ Mask Use Amid Rising Tensions
On Saturday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the “No Secret Police Act,” a new law prohibiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from wearing masks during arrests in the state.
This measure, aimed at increasing transparency, comes as President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign intensifies and ICE agents face a 1,000% surge in assaults. The legislation has sparked immediate pushback from federal officials and Republican leaders, who argue it jeopardizes officer safety and oversteps state authority.
Newsom, speaking at a press conference, framed the law as a response to public fears about unidentified federal officers, stating, “The impact of these policies all across this city, our state, and nation are terrifying. It’s like a dystopian sci-fi movie, unmarked cars, people in masks, people quite literally disappearing, no due process, no rights in a democracy where we have rights, immigrants have rights, and we have the right to stand up and push back.”
The law mandates that ICE agents show their faces during street arrests, reflecting concerns about aggressive immigration enforcement tactics.
Federal authorities, however, maintain that the law lacks teeth. U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, appearing on Fox & Friends Monday, said, “Nice try by Newsom, but he knows it doesn’t apply to federal agents. He loves stirring the pot so that people find more ways to bring conflict to ICE.”
An ICE source told The Daily Wire that agents will continue wearing masks, emphasizing the ongoing jurisdictional clash between state and federal powers.
Rising Violence and Doxxing Threats Challenge ICE Operations
The law emerges amid escalating hostility toward ICE agents. This summer, Los Angeles saw rioters disrupt ICE activities by blocking highways, setting cars ablaze, and hurling concrete blocks at officers. President Trump responded by deploying 4,000 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines to restore order.
Concurrently, activist groups have ramped up doxxing efforts, creating online databases to expose agents’ identities and locations, raising significant safety concerns for federal officers who rely on masks to shield themselves from such threats.
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin called the law “despicable” and “a flagrant attempt to endanger” federal officers. She condemned comparisons of ICE to “secret police” or the Gestapo as “diabolical,” adding, “While our federal law enforcement officers are being assaulted by rioters and having rocks and Molotov cocktails thrown at them, a sanctuary politician is trying to outlaw officers wearing masks to protect themselves from being doxxed and targeted by known and suspected terrorist sympathizers.”
McLaughlin noted the sharp rise in assaults and vowed to prosecute those who dox agents “to the fullest extent of the law.”
Federal-State Tensions Intensify Over Immigration Enforcement
The “No Secret Police Act” deepens the rift between California’s sanctuary state policies and federal immigration priorities.
McLaughlin defended ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), stating, “The men and women at CBP, ICE, and all of our federal law enforcement agencies put their lives on the line every day to arrest violent criminal illegal aliens to protect and defend the lives of American citizens. Make no mistake, this type of rhetoric is contributing to the surge in assaults of officers through their repeated vilification and demonization.”
The law’s passage reflects California’s push for greater accountability in federal operations, while federal officials argue it hampers their ability to operate safely.
As doxxing and violence against agents continue, the debate over the law’s enforceability and its impact on federal operations remains unresolved.
