"A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction Monday, Feb. 9, allowing federal immigration officials to continue wearing masks during California operations, but upheld a law requiring law enforcement to display badges identifying themselves and their agency. U.S. District Judge Christine A. Snyder in Los Angeles granted the Trump administration's request for a temporary order halting enforcement of SB 627, the No Secret Police Act, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law in September amid ongoing waves of federal immigration enforcements across California."
"The law makes exceptions for SWAT teams, undercover operations and medically or situationally necessary face coverings. In court documents, Snyder said the federal government didn't prove that banning face coverings would impede immigration officers' work. However, the court granted the injunction because the facial covering ban doesn't apply to all law enforcement officers across the state and therefore discriminates against federal law enforcement, according to court documents."
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Feb. 9 allowing federal immigration officials to continue wearing masks during California operations while upholding a law requiring law enforcement to display badges identifying themselves and their agency. The injunction temporarily halts enforcement of SB 627, the No Secret Police Act. The judge denied an injunction against SB 805, the No Vigilantes Act, which requires non-uniformed officers to wear visible badges with agency and name or badge number. Both laws went into effect Jan. 1 but were not enforced pending litigation. The court found the federal government did not show that banning face coverings would impede officers’ work, but enjoined SB 627 because it did not apply uniformly and discriminated against federal officers.
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