Judge Blocks New York’s Law Prohibiting Federal Officers From Wearing Masks

A federal judge on Monday blocked New York’s law prohibiting federal officers from wearing face masks.

ICE agents and other federal officers wear masks to conceal their identities because of the increased attacks from the violent left.

According to the Department of Homeland Security, DHS law enforcement has experienced more than 180 vehicle attacks since Trump took office.

ICE officers are being doxxed and attacked.

“ICE officers are facing a 1,300% increase in assaults, a 3,200% increase in vehicle attacks, and an 8,000% increase in death threats,” ERO Miami Field Office Director Matthew Elliston said last month.

US District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino, an Obama appointee, said New York does not have the authority to regulate federal law enforcement activity.

New York’s corrupt Democrat Attorney General Letitia James said she is “reviewing all legal options.”

Politico reported:

A federal judge has struck down a New York law prohibiting federal officers from wearing masks, a setback for the state’s efforts to stop a notorious aspect of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement campaign.

The Constitution’s Supremacy Clause does not allow New York to regulate federal law enforcement activities, District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino said in a ruling Monday.

“New York cannot impose its own uniform requirements on federal agents simply because it disagrees with how the Federal Government is exercising its authority,” D’Agostino wrote.

D’Agostino, an Obama appointee, upheld a New York law that bans local and state law enforcement authorities from cooperating with the Department of Homeland Security through what are known as 287(g) agreements, writing that the state has the authority to regulate its own police agencies.

The Justice Department celebrated the win.

“A federal court has enjoined the State of New York’s Face Covering and Identification Acts because states have no authority to regulate federal officers under the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause,” Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ Civil Rights Division Brett Shumate said.

🚨 A federal court has enjoined the State of New York’s Face Covering and Identification Acts because states have no authority to regulate federal officers under the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause. pic.twitter.com/5qlWl6LfLs

— Brett Shumate (@AAGShumate) August 3, 2026