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New Jersey limits law enforcement face coverings, including ICE agents
Gov. Mikie Sherrill approved a measure that bars masked officers and mandates identification before arrests, part of a package aimed at protecting privacy and trust and arriving amid federal opposition and litigation.
Mar 26th 2026 ยท United States
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- Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed a law banning face coverings for law enforcement, including federal immigration agents.
- The law requires officers to present identification before arresting or detaining someone.
- New Jersey is the second state this year to pass such a restriction after Washington.
- The Department of Homeland Security denounced Washington's law and said it would not abide by similar bans.
- The federal government is already suing New Jersey over Sherrill's executive order limiting immigration arrests on state property.