Court bars California law requiring ICE officers to wear visible identification

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals barred California on Wednesday from enforcing a law requiring federal immigration officers to identify themselves while on duty, ruling that the state cannot dictate how federal agents carry out their work.

The three-judge panel granted the federal government a preliminary injunction against the identification provision of California’s No Vigilantes Act. The decision reverses a lower-court ruling that had refused to block the law.