Appeals Court Blocks California Law on ICE IDs

An appeals court has blocked a California law passed in 2025 requiring federal immigration agents to wear a badge or some form of identification.

The Trump administration filed a lawsuit in November challenging the law, arguing that it would threaten the safety of officers who are facing harassment, doxing and violence and that the law violated the Constitution because the state is directly regulating the federal government.

A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an issued an injunction pending a Wednesday appeal. It had already granted a temporary administrative injunction to block the implementation of the law.