Ninth Circuit Blocks California Law Requiring ICE to Identify

A California law targeted at Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents requiring federal officers to display their agency and name or badge number was blocked by the Ninth Circuit Thursday.

The emergency preliminary injunction granted by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit adds to a lower court order that blocked a different California law, banning facial coverings for federal law enforcement and some local officers.

The laws were part of a package responding to an increase in immigration raids in California, as the Trump administration has ramped up enforcement in the state and across the country. California’s now ...