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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David A. Lieb

States seek to unmask federal immigration agents -- and their own police

US Immigration Masked Officers - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Proposals to prohibit federal immigration agents from masking their faces have gained new life in states — thanks in part to a court ruling that blocked the nation's first such law, in California.

A little over a month after the California law was suspended, Washington state's Democratic governor, Bob Ferguson, was set to sign a law Thursday limiting facial coverings on law enforcement officers. It will take effect immediately and could soon spread to other states.

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