Last year, following illegal immigration raids in the city of Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law the "No Secret Police Act," which banned federal agents from covering their faces. The law went into effect on January 1, but so far, it hasn't been enforced. LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said the police will not be enforcing the ban; to him, it doesn't make any sense to pit one armed law enforcement agency against another for something that would be nothing more than a misdemeanor.
🚨BREAKING: LAPD will not enforce California’s radical ICE Agent mask ban.
— Dapper Detective (@Dapper_Det) February 1, 2026
Chief McDonnell said that the federal mask ban, signed into law as the “No Secret Police Act” is not a good public policy decision, and it wasn't well thought out — a big 🖕🏻to @GavinNewsom. pic.twitter.com/yhETVBFF2f
🚨 HOLY CRAP. In a jaw-dropping rebuke of Gavin Newsom, the Los Angeles Police Department is REFUSING to enforce the state's new "ban" on ICE agents wearing masks to protect from doxing
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 1, 2026
BRUTAL LOSS for Newsom!
"The reality of one armed agency approaching another to create… pic.twitter.com/MgTDEomD9x
"… conflict...it DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE."
Winning
— Thomad 🇺🇸 (@LundThomad) February 1, 2026
Newsom has zero authority
— Cash Loren (@Cashloren) February 1, 2026
The local and state governments can't enforce a rule like that on federal employees.
— Kurt Nimphius' Hair (@Hcp1Hcp) February 1, 2026
It never was legally enforceable.
— F R E E D O M (@KDugan1850) February 1, 2026
How was this supposed to work in practice? LAPD was going to start arresting ICE officers for wearing masks? Ridiculous.
— F.X. Regan (@FXRegan) February 1, 2026
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The Los Angeles Police Department likely has attorneys who understand that they have no jurisdiction over federal officers.
— Bret Weingart (@kbweingart) February 2, 2026
The police department is smart enough to know that city police cannot arrest federal officers in the lawful act of enforcing federal law. They have no jurisdiction over them and consequently, they have no authority.
— Diane Reddington (@reddingto3) February 2, 2026
An easy call, as they had exactly ZERO authority to do such a thing
— Bobby Halstead (@bobby_halstead) February 2, 2026
Newsom wants cops policing federal agents’ clothing while criminals run wild. Doxing is the point. If the state’s mad, maybe stop incentivizing chaos and start backing enforcement.
— rowdyamerican (@rowdyamerican69) February 1, 2026
Cops up and down the West Coast are refusing these absurd and illegal orders.
— River over troubled bridges (@JulietRedbird) February 1, 2026
As they should.
Good. It's this kind of pushback that puts the communist politicians in their place.
— Georg Hieronymus🇺🇸 (@abetterwest) February 1, 2026
So Newscum arrested people during Covid at the beach for not wearing a mask outside of the French Laundry restaurant but now is trying to arrest those wearing a mask. American Psycho
— Tom (@TommyBoy6363) February 1, 2026
They can’t enforce it, anyway. It’s federal policy, not a state policy, and federal trumps state- pun intended. If they try to enforce it, they will be impeding on federal officers and their duty which is a felony, and they could/should be arrested.
— Mizter Gray (@miztergray) February 2, 2026
It would be something for the LAPD and ICE to try to arrest each other.
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