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FIRST ON FOX: DOJ sues Spanberger’s Virginia over laws kneecapping federal agents as mask war escalates
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FIRST ON FOX: The Justice Department sued The Commonwealth of Virginia on Thursday over two new laws the DOJ says would subject masked federal agents to criminal penalties and threaten local ICE cooperation agreements.
«Law enforcement officers risk their lives every day to keep Americans safe, and they do not deserve to be doxed or harassed simply for carrying out their duties,» said acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in comment provided to Fox News Digital on Thursday. «Virginia’s anti-law enforcement policies regulate the federal government and are designed to create risk for our agents. These laws cannot stand.»
The lawsuit, first shared with Fox News Digital, argues Virginia is violating the Constitution by attempting to dictate how federal officers carry out law enforcement operations — including when they can wear masks, what identifying information they must display and whether local agencies can maintain ICE cooperation agreements unless the federal government accepts state-imposed conditions. The DOJ said the laws threaten officer safety, undermine federal immigration enforcement and violate the Supremacy Clause.
At the heart of the suit, are a pair of laws that Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed, which are set to take effect on July, including: one restricting law enforcement officers, including federal officers, from wearing facial coverings while on duty and requiring them to display identifying information, and another imposing state-mandated conditions on federal immigration enforcement agreements.
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The Justice Department sued Virginia over laws that officials say could punish masked federal agents and dismantle local ICE cooperation deals. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The DOJ said federal officers who violate Virginia’s mask and identification law could face a Class 1 misdemeanor, punishable under Virginia law by up to 12 months in jail, a fine of up to $2,500, or both.
The lawsuit names Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones and left-wing Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano — who was previously backed by groups connected to George Soros.
The suit claims Virginia’s mask ban is «blatantly unconstitutional» because it attempts to regulate «what federal officers may and may not wear» while carrying out their duties, exposing agents’ identities and increasing risks to them and their families.
«The Department of Justice will steadfastly protect the privacy and safety of law enforcement from unconstitutional state laws like Virginia’s,» said Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate of the DOJ’s Civil Division in the press release.
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Spanberger restricted ICE agents from operating on state properties and requiring federal agents to wear visible badges and barred law enforcement from wearing facial masks while on duty in May. (Mike Kropf/Richmond Times-Dispatch)
DOJ is seeking a court order to block both laws that begin July 1.
Spanberger, Jones and Descano have all moved to counter the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement agenda in Virginia.
In February, Spanberger issued an executive order that rescinded a Youngkin-era order directing state law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration enforcement efforts.
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«The President told us that we are safer because unaccountable, poorly trained ICE agents are arresting mothers and detaining children. Our broken immigration system is something to be fixed — not an excuse to terrorize our communities,» Spanberger posted on X in response to Trump’s State of the Union.
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The suit comes as there have been ongoing protests outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in New Jersey where protesters verbally abused ICE agents, obstructed vehicles, allegedly assaulted officers, and made threats leading to multiple arrests.
«Governor Spanberger cannot tell Federal officers how to do their job,» said Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward in the press release. «She certainly cannot prohibit them from ensuring their own safety in conducting Federal law enforcement operations. Our suit today stops those unconstitutional efforts.»
Fox News Digital reached out to the offices of Gov. Spanberger and AG Jones for comment.
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‘It’s insane’: GOP senator says Supreme Court birthright ruling hands China a citizenship loophole
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FIRST ON FOX: In the midst of a blitz of Republicans shaking their fists at the Supreme Court, one Senate Republican is warning of national security consequences for the court’s bombshell birthright citizenship decision.
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., worries that the court’s 6-3 decision leaves America vulnerable to threats, particularly from China. In an interview with Fox News Digital, he explained a multistep path that lawmakers and the administration could take to tackle the issue.
«I want to get this done because I really believe that the future of our country is on the line,» Schmitt said. «We can’t have Chinese generals sending their wives to this country to give birth and going back for 18 years and coming back and being citizens. It’s insane.»
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Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., questions FBI Director Kash Patel during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 16, 2025. (AFP via Getty Images)
While some lawmakers want a constitutional amendment and others are pushing legislation, Schmitt has a foot in both camps. He contended that in all, there is «a short-term, medium-term and long-term solution.»
«The short-term is executive action, the medium-term is our legislative action that we could take, and then the long-term solution is the constitutional amendment,» Schmitt said. «I think we should pursue all of those.»
The clearest shot to counter the court’s decision would be through a constitutional amendment, but legislation may be the more realistic route, he said. He’s following the breadcrumb trail left by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to do it, too.
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«Congress could — consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment — amend or otherwise enact new legislation establishing exceptions to birthright citizenship for children born to foreign citizens unlawfully or temporarily in the country,» Kavanaugh wrote in the court’s decision. «But Congress has not yet done so.»
Schmitt’s legislation would clarify the language of the 14th Amendment. The court interpreted the words «subject to the jurisdiction thereof» within the text to effectively mean all children born in the U.S. are automatically granted citizenship.
His plan is to modify the language to include «not subject to a foreign power,» which he contended would return the 14th Amendment to its original intent and prevent foreign adversaries from quietly scoring citizenship.
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DF-17 Dongfeng medium-range ballistic missiles equipped with a DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle, shown during a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People’s Republic. (Zoya Rusinova/TASS via Getty Images)
«That would get back to what the meaning was supposed to be, that the court got wrong, which would give us the opportunity, I think, for potentially the decision to be overturned, because Congress has clarified it,» Schmitt said.
But, like nearly every legislative push in the Senate, the 60-vote filibuster threshold is a barrier.
That means that Schmitt, or any Republican pushing a bill dealing with birthright citizenship, will need Democratic support to pass.
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Schmitt pointed to the late former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s bill from 1993, the Immigration Stabilization Act, which among other things sought to tweak the 14th Amendment to prevent children of illegal immigrants born in the U.S. from gaining citizenship, as a marker that at one point, Democrats supported the same thing he and Republicans are pushing for.
«It wasn’t that long ago that Harry Reid actually had legislation to deal with this issue,» he said. «And so, you know, are the Democrats going to be a party that learned their lesson from the Biden years where they were open borders and they let 15 to 20 million people here illegally?»
«They don’t believe in sovereignty that we can tell people who can come and who can go,» Schmitt continued. «Is that who they are, or are they gonna make a shift more towards where the American people are at?»
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