ICE agent identification and immigration enforcement
As part of Washington's 2026 legislative session, Governor Ferguson signed a policy prohibiting ICE agents from concealing their identities with masks during enforcement operations in the state. This measure was framed as a response to what the governor called an 'increasingly lawless and hostile federal government,' and reflects broader state-level efforts to regulate federal immigration enforcement activities within Washington.
Should Washington state prohibit ICE agents from hiding their identities during enforcement operations?
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Sources
Governor Bob Ferguson — https://governor.wa.gov/news/2026/governor-ferguson-comment-2026-legislative-session
Adopt important policies to adapt to an increasingly lawless and hostile federal government. Specifically, prohibiting ICE agents from hiding their identities with masks, and shifting vaccine recommendations away from science-denying federal committees and place it with our own Washington State Department of Health.
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Ban masked ICE operations and expand state sanctuary protections to limit all federal immigration enforcement.
- Prohibit ICE agents from concealing their identities; residents have a right to know who is enforcing laws on them.
- Allow the ban on masked ICE agents but leave broader federal-state immigration enforcement coordination unchanged.
- Oppose state interference with federal immigration operations, including rules about agent identification.
- Fully cooperate with ICE and oppose any state laws that restrict or impede federal immigration enforcement.