New York State is prohibited from unmasking ICE agents but can restrict local law enforcement, including in Nassau County, from participating in federal civil immigration actions, a federal judge said. A U.S. district judge granted the Justice Department’s request for a preliminary injunction preventing the state from enforcing its face covering and identification acts, but denied the federal government’s request to halt the Local Cops Local Crimes Act restricting local aid to ICE agents beginning August 25, also known as 287(g) agreements. The Nassau County police and sheriff’s departments began partnering with ICE through agreements shortly after President Donald Trump began his second term in the White House, Newsday has reported. In May, Gov. Hochul signed a bill package barring local police departments from aiding civil federal immigration cases. She also prohibited federal agents operating in the state from wearing select face coverings and ordered them to display their name,...