“Law enforcement officers wearing masks on American streets undercut basic expectations of accountability, sow fear and confusion, and erode the public trust,” Spanberger said about the law in a previous statement.

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“Americans have witnessed the horrors of what can occur when masked federal immigration enforcement agents engage in fear-based policing and enforcement theatre on American streets.”

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She pointed to how immigration officers in Minnesota fatally shot nurse Alex Pretti while he was protesting and a woman named Renee Good after she disobeyed orders not to move her vehicle.

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The U.S. Department of Justice sued over Virginia’s law. Government lawyers said it improperly tried to regulate federal operations.

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“The Act is blatantly unconstitutional because it violates the principles of intergovernmental immunity that flow from the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution by regulating what Federal officers may and may not wear within the Commonwealth of Virginia when ‘engaged in the performance of their official duties,’ including face coverings and personal identifiers,” they said in a filing.

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