DHS Says It Won't Comply With Denver's New Ban on Law Enforcement Agents Wearing Masks

Creepy State Sen. Scott Wiener already tried to ban federal law enforcement from wearing masks in the state of California. The law went into effect on January 1, but it was blocked by a federal judge last month. In short, cities and states can't tell federal agents what they can and can't wear. That hasn't stopped Denver, Colorado, from passing a ban on law enforcement officers wearing face coverings.

Denver bans federal law enforcement officers from covering their faces, DHS says it won't comply https://t.co/VYO29H8oV8
— CBSColorado (@CBSNewsColorado) March 3, 2026

Chierstin Roth reports for CBS News:

Denver city leaders unanimously passed a ban on all officers, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, from wearing face coverings while detaining or arresting people. That law also requires officers to wear visible identification.
It's the second sweeping ordinance against federal officers in Denver in just a few days. Last Thursday, Mayor Mike Johnston signed an executive order banning federal immigration agents from operating on city property without a judicial warrant.
It also directs Denver police, deputies and fire personnel to investigate reports of violence and criminal behavior.
The Department of Homeland Security responded calling the executive order "legally illiterate," adding, "no local official has the authority to bar ICE from carrying out federal law on public property ... and while Mayor Johnston continues to release pedophiles, rapists, gang members, and murderers onto their streets, our brave law enforcement will continue to risk their lives to arrest these heinous criminals."

Fox News reported back in November of 2024 on a study showing that Denver had spent $356 million on illegal aliens, with Johnston cutting police and fire department budgets, threatening hourly city employees with layoffs, and reducing services at the parks department and DMV to pay for it. Johnston challenged President Donald Trump to try to deport any illegal migrants from his city, saying he would deploy the Denver City Police and volunteers from the local community to use force against federal agents trying to deport illegals.

Denver showing their voters how they are passing laws that can never be enforced.
— Brian Combs (@JoannCombs4720) March 3, 2026

DHS is federal, Colorado can go service themselves.
— QuestionEverything (@skeptic_ape) March 3, 2026

That's cute.
— Peachy (@MisanthropeJb) March 3, 2026

It’s all theatre

It’s because they’re all theatre kids
— Thexx2!!2 (@thexx22) March 3, 2026

Denver will be just like Portland and Seattle real soon.
— Taco Bell (@taco55bored) March 3, 2026

California already tried this. Didn’t work out so well.
— Elizabeth Burns (@eburns24_burns) March 3, 2026

It's adorable that a city thinks they can tell federal agents what to wear.
— best decade ever (@ZachFOCO) March 3, 2026

Denver has delusions of grandeur
— OverIt (@silver_mee) March 3, 2026

We don't know which mayor is worse: Johnston or Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.

Denver has zero authority. pic.twitter.com/kOsUeKfBcI
— Hoyvin (@Hoyvin2) March 3, 2026

Supremacy Clause. The end.
— Coltrane, Rosco P. (@MatthewRosky) March 3, 2026

It was stupid when an entire state tried to ban masks. These mayors and city councils are delusional, but at least they're pandering to their base.

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Editor’s Note: Democrat politicians and their radical supporters will do everything they can to interfere with and threaten ICE agents enforcing our immigration laws.

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