By Jasper Ward<\/p>\n
May 7 (Reuters) – New York state is set to ban law enforcement from wearing masks while \u200con duty, Governor Kathy Hochul said on Thursday, a \u200cmove that is likely to be challenged by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n
The announcement was \u200bmade as Hochul, a Democrat, said an agreement had been reached with state lawmakers on New York’s 2027 budget, which included sweeping immigration changes.<\/p>\n
Blake G. Washington, the state’s budget director, expects the \u200cbills to be passed \u2060by the Democratic-led legislature as soon as next week.<\/p>\n
Under that agreement, state law enforcement will be \u2060prohibited from working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on federal immigration efforts. It will also ban ICE from entering schools, healthcare facilities, \u200bhomes and \u200bother sensitive locations without a \u200bjudicial warrant.<\/p>\n
“We’re also banning \u200claw enforcement officers from wearing masks, except in rare circumstances where there’s a genuine operational need, like a gas mask,” Hochul said.<\/p>\n
“No members of state, local or federal law enforcement wear masks during ordinary operations,” she said.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, \u200cwhich has federal oversight of immigration \u200boperations, did not immediately respond to \u200ba request for comment.<\/p>\n
Other \u200bDemocratic states, including California and New Jersey, have \u200crolled out similar efforts prohibiting ICE \u200bfrom wearing \u200bmasks while carrying out Republican President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration campaign.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Justice Department sued those states challenging the \u200bbans. A federal judge \u200cstruck down the California ban in February, saying that \u200bit “unlawfully discriminates against federal officers.”<\/p>\n
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