Trump admin throws cold water on ICE masks ban as shutdown talks stall

(The Center Square) – Nearly a week into the partial government shutdown, the Trump administration continues to oppose certain immigration enforcement reforms that Democratic lawmakers are demanding in exchange for their votes to reopen the Homeland Security department.

In a social media post Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi lauded a court-ordered pause of California’s mask ban on Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, part of the state’s No Secret Police Act.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also granted Thursday a temporary injunction on California’s requirement that every ICE agent display ID, a stipulation in the state’s No Vigilante Act.

“Law enforcement officers risk their lives for us, only to be doxxed by radical anti-police activists. Unacceptable,” Bondi said on X. “This crucial ruling protects our brave men and women in the field....