Federal judge blocks blue state's law prohibiting ICE agents from wearing masks on the job

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Virginia from enforcing a new law that would prohibit federal agents — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol — from wearing masks while carrying out enforcement operations, siding with the Trump administration in a dispute over federal authority. Senior U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne granted the Department of Justice's ( DOJ ) request for a preliminary injunction, preventing the law from taking effect Wednesday while the legal ch