SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers have approved a bill that would prevent most law enforcement officers from covering their faces during operations, responding to recent immigration raids in Los Angeles.
Even if Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the bill, the state’s ability to enforce it on federal agents carrying out those raids remains uncertain.
This marks the first mask-ban bill approved by any state legislature. Lawmakers in several other states — including Tennessee, Michigan, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania — as well as Democrats in Congress, have introduced similar proposals…