The Trump administration filed a lawsuit challenging California's law banning federal immigration officers from wearing face masks. (Getty Images)
Newsom said that federal immigration officers would no longer be "hidden from accountability" while performing operations in California.
"That’s not the America we’ve grown up in. And so we are pushing back," he said ahead of the bill signings.
Federal agents have conducted immigration raids in Southern California since June, targeting migrant workers at local businesses that sparked protests and the subsequent federal deployment of the National Guard and Marines. During the raids, some federal agents wore masks and hid their identities.
The administration urged the court to deem the laws a violation of the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution and issue a preliminary injunction blocking California from enforcing the laws.
The Supremacy Clause establishes that federal law is the "supreme Law of the Land," overriding state law.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has said that federal immigration officers would no longer be "hidden from accountability." (Pool)
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But supporters of masks for immigration agents say that the use of face coverings generates fear among the public and must be stopped.
Newsom office said that California officials "will see the [DOJ] in court."
"If the Trump administration cared half as much about public safety as it does about pardoning cop-beaters, violating people’s rights, and detaining U.S. citizens and their kids, our communities would be much safer," spokesperson Diana Crofts-Pelayo said in a statement to The Hill, referring to President Donald Trump pardoning more than 1,000 people who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots.
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