NJ’s anti-mask law faces test as ICE agents defy ban

Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed a law in March barring ICE agents from wearing masks. Agents are not complying.

By: Sophie Nieto-Munoz

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: June 2, 2026

Words: 422

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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When Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed a trio of immigration-related bills in Newark in March, one of the bills was aimed at barring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from covering their faces.

“We’re not going to tolerate masked, roving militias pretending to be well-trained law enforcement agents,” Sherrill, a Democrat, said then.

Yet scenes over the past 10 days of anti-ICE protesters clashing with federal agents outside migrant jail Delaney …

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