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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Leayman

DOJ challenges Virginia laws restricting officer face coverings, ICE agreements

Virginia Immigration Laws Challenge - (Mike Kropf/Pool Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

The Trump administration’s Justice Department is challenging several state laws passed by Virginia Democrats targeting the work of federal immigration enforcement officers.

The complaint, filed in the Eastern District of Virginia’s Richmond Division, challenges state laws that seek to ban federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks and restrict 287(g) agreements between federal immigration enforcement and state and local law enforcement agencies.

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