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Gavin Newsom Signs Law Enforcement Face Mask Ban And Everyone Gets Stupid About It, Including Federal Prosecutorsfrom the take-the-L,-boys deptICE made the bed and now California law enforcement officers have to lie in it. As protests ensued, ICE officers continued to operate without face masks and a deliberate dearth of agency insignias. Then the legislature went further, passing a ban on use of identity-obscuring masks by law enforcement officers, whether they’re local or federal. She said that federal law enforcement officers are ‘being assaulted by rioters,’ and has claimed that Newsom’s rhetoric led to an 1,000 percent increase in attacks on federal agents. Filed Under: california, dhs, doj, face mask ban, gavin newsom, ice, mass deportation, trump administration