{"id":313532,"date":"2026-08-04T16:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/313532\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:34:08","slug":"new-yorks-ice-mask-ban-is-latest-blue-state-loss-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/313532\/","title":{"rendered":"New York’s ICE mask ban is latest blue-state loss in court"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. District Judge Mae D\u2019Agostino in the Northern District of New York issued a preliminary injunction ruling that the Constitution\u2019s supremacy clause does not permit the state to regulate federal law enforcement activities. The ruling, which swiftly sparked backlash<\/a> from New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani <\/a>and other officials, blocks a measure Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) signed into law in May that banned federal agents from wearing face coverings and required that they wear visible identification.<\/p>\n

\u201cSettled law establishes that federal, not state, authorities make the policies that animate the enforcement of federal immigration laws,\u201d D\u2019Agostino, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, wrote. \u201cThe issue now before the Court is about constitutionality\u2014not transparency or preferable policy decisions\u2026 New York cannot impose its own uniform requirements on federal agents simply because it disagrees with how the Federal Government is exercising its authority.\u201d<\/p>\n

D\u2019Agostino\u2019s ruling comes after the Trump administration sued New York over the new law in late June, a week before the mask ban was set to go into effect. The administration also sued and won a similar case in California, where a federal judge ruled in February that the Golden State law banning masks and requiring federal officers to wear visible badge numbers and names violated the Constitution\u2019s supremacy clause.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlue states continue to stack losses as they try to pass unconstitutional bans on ICE officers wearing masks,\u201d James Percival, a general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, posted on X <\/a>following Monday\u2019s ruling in New York.<\/p>\n

The same ruling delivered a blow to the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to overturn New York\u2019s ban on local and state law enforcement authorities from cooperating with the Department of Homeland Security. D\u2019Agostino said that the state has the authority to regulate its own police agencies, after the Trump administration appealed a new New York law blocking such cooperation, known as 287(g) agreements. Hochul signed the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act prohibiting such cooperation into law in May.<\/p>\n

On Monday, she released a joint statement with Attorney General Letitia James<\/a>, weighing in on the judge\u2019s latest ruling on the legislation.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we have said from the start, New York\u2019s ban on 287(g) agreements is legal and will keep our communities safe,\u201d the statement read. \u201cLocal law enforcement should be focused on local matters, and New York taxpayers should not have to foot the bill for any collaboration with ICE. While the court enjoined enforcement of New York\u2019s mask ban, we stand firm in our belief that masked agents do not make New York safer and our offices are reviewing all legal options at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

MAMDANI OFFERING 30% DISCOUNTS FOR STAPLE ITEMS IN CITY-OWNED GROCERY STORES<\/a><\/p>\n

Mamdani also weighed in, pointing residents to legal options in a post to X that said: \u201cPublic safety does not come from masked armed agents taking people off our streets.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo immigrant New Yorkers: you belong in this City, and this City stands with you,\u201d the mayor said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. District Judge Mae D\u2019Agostino in the Northern District of New York issued a preliminary injunction ruling that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[419,2035,2301,4234,426,2850,398,9,11,10,49,51,50,82],"class_list":["post-313532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-courts","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-judges","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-lawsuits","tag-letitia-james","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}