Martin Koste
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Last fall, California was the first state to ban federal and local police from wearing masks.
That law is now on hold, challenged in federal court by the Trump administration.
It says agents need masks to avoid being doxxed, and it's unconstitutional for states to do this.
But State Senator Scott Weiner, who sponsored the California legislation, says the turmoil in Minnesota shows why states should try.
Anti-mask legislation has been introduced in more than a dozen other states, and earlier this week, a ban passed in the Washington State Senate.
The number of people held by ICE at any one time has ballooned.
That's 70% higher than when President Trump took office.
But deaths have gone up more, to about 30 for the year, compared to 11 in 2024.
At Syracuse University, Austin Coker studies the immigration enforcement system, and he's troubled by some clusters of deaths.
ICE says in-custody deaths this year, quote, average less than 1%.
This is the lowest in history, unquote.
But it does not explain how that figure was calculated.
The number of people held by ICE at any one time has ballooned.
That's 70% higher than when President Trump took office.
But deaths have gone up more, to about 30 for the year, compared to 11 in 2024.
At Syracuse University, Austin Coker studies the immigration enforcement system, and he's troubled by some clusters of deaths.