In a big win for ICE, a federal judge has just blocked New York’s unconstitutional law that would essentially force immigration authorities to doxx themselves.
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s new law would have banned federal agents from wearing masks and required them to show visible identification.
But, U.S. District Judge Mac A. D’Agostino issued a preliminary injunction halting it from going into effect.
Take a look at the order here:
🚨 A federal judge blocked New York's law requiring ICE and other federal law enforcement officers to uncover their faces and display visible identification. However, the judge refused to block New York's separate law ending local immigration enforcement agreements. pic.twitter.com/QoHZxJ20Oh
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) August 3, 2026
Judge D’Agostino’s ruling cites the Supremacy Clause, which states that states cannot override federal law.
The New York Times reported further on the ruling:
New York’s law prohibiting federal immigration agents from wearing masks and requiring them to display identification was blocked on Monday after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction halting the ban.
The Department of Justice has vehemently opposed New York’s efforts to rein in ICE operations, saying they represent an illegal push to regulate the federal government. In June, the Trump administration sued to block the mandates.
Judge Mae D’Agostino of the Northern District of New York partially granted the Justice Department’s request for a preliminary injunction, saying she expected the federal government to succeed at trial with its argument that the state’s “face covering and identification acts directly regulate federal officers in violation of the Supremacy Clause.”
Judge D’Agostino wrote that New York officials “may be correct that federal immigration officers wearing masks and not displaying viable identification creates certain dangerous situations that the face covering and identification acts remedy.” But she added that “settled law establishes that federal, not state, authorities make the policies that animate the enforcement of federal immigration laws.”
The decision comes less than a month before the state’s broader ban on formal collaboration between local law enforcement and immigration agents goes into effect on Aug. 25. In her ruling, Judge D’Agostino allowed that measure to proceed.
The ruling is nonetheless a victory for the Trump administration, which has argued that ICE agents need to wear masks to protect them from harassment. The administration previously succeeded in having a similar law struck down in California, after a judge said that the legislation had improperly discriminated against federal officials.
At a time when violence against ICE agents is up by over 1,000%, it’s necessary for ICE agents to be able to guard themselves against threats from left-wing lunatics.
In light of today’s ruling, Nick Sortor shared a clip proving exactly why ICE agents need to be protected:
🚨 BREAKING: A federal judge has just BLOCKED Kathy Hochul’s law banning ICE agents from wearing masks from going into effect
That’s GREAT news, as just WEEKS ago, I caught a rioter on video telling an agent “I HAVE YOUR FACE MOTHERF***ER. YOU’RE DEAD!”
These deranged people… pic.twitter.com/KEaXF4ZTk6
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 3, 2026
BREAKING: A federal judge has just BLOCKED Kathy Hochul’s law banning ICE agents from wearing masks from going into effect
That’s GREAT news, as just WEEKS ago, I caught a rioter on video telling an agent “I HAVE YOUR FACE MOTHERF***ER. YOU’RE DEAD!”
These deranged people are VlOLENT and WILL attempt to follow through with their threats.
ICE agents MUST be protected.
Besides, Hochul KNEW her law was unconstitutional, but pushed it anyway
Democrats are con artists.
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