NJ residents share stories of masked ICE agents in push to retain mask ban

New Jersey wants a judge to reject a Trump administration push to overturn a state law barring ICE agents from wearing masks. A new legal filing explains why.

By: Sophie Nieto-Munoz

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: August 26, 2026

Words: 1,227

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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New Jersey is asking a federal judge to throw out the Trump administration’s legal challenge to a new state law banning immigration agents from wearing masks, a request it made in a new legal filing that is backed with more than a dozen sworn declarations describing masked federal agents chasing elementary school kids at a bus stop, storming a 75-year-old woman’s home, and pulling a man out of a car while telling his …

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