L.A. County supervisors will vote on an ordinance banning ICE agents and other law enforcement officers from hiding identities with masks.
The move follows intensified immigration raids since June, with masked agents detaining residents and raising concerns about impersonation and lack of due process.
L.A. County counsel Dawyn R. Harrison said the ordinance “would most likely be challenged on the supremacy clause,” which holds that federal law supersedes state and local law.
Los Angeles County supervisors plan to vote soon on an ordinance that would prohibit law enforcement, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, from wearing masks or disguising their identities while conducting operations in unincorporated L.A. County, probably setting up a legal battle with the Trum

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