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Swalwell threatens to revoke driver’s licenses of masked ICE agents operating in California
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Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-California., on Wednesday promised to revoke the driver’s license of federal immigration agents who wear masks.
Swalwell, who is running for governor, appeared on MS NOW where he was asked about what he brings to the table as leader of the state.
In response, Swalwell said one of the governor’s duties is to protect the state’s most vulnerable populations.
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Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., was mocked on X this week after posting a video of himself lifting weights while trashing Republicans. (Getty)
“If the president is going to send ICE agents to chase immigrants through the fields where they work, what I’m going to is make them take off their masks and show their faces, that they show their identification, and if they commit crimes, that they’re going to be charged with crimes,” he said.
“If the governor has the ability to issue driver’s licenses to people in California, if you’re going to wear a mask and not identify yourself, you’re not going to be eligible to drive a vehicle in California,” Swalwell added.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The White House noted that California has issued driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, some of whom have been involved in deadly collisions.
“Fang Fang’s former lover wants to give drivers licenses to criminal illegal aliens and simultaneously punish law enforcement officers for enforcing the law?” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital, referencing Swalwell’s connection to alleged Chinese spy, Christine Fang, who worked on his congressional campaign and targeted up-and-coming politicians in California.
What an absolute clown.”
A California law banning ICE officers from wearing masks while conducting operations was supposed to go into effect on Thursday.
The Department of Homeland Security has vowed not to comply with the measure and the Trump administration is suing the state over the issue. The law is on hold and a hearing is scheduled for Jan. 12.
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Residents confront federal agents and Border Patrol agents over their presence in their neighborhood on Atlantic Blvd. in the Los Angeles suburb of Bell. California last year passed a law banning authorities from wearing masks. (Getty Images)
Critics of the immigration operations argue that masked agents pose a danger to communities and could result in brutal law enforcement tactics while failing to hold authorities accountable.
Federal authorities have said that ICE and other immigration officers have faced death threats, as well as their families, and doxxing.
On Friday, Bill Essayli, the first assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, said the state doesn’t have the authority to regulate federal authorities.
“In the meantime, California has agreed to put the law on hold and not enforce its unconstitutional mask ban, which is designed to allow radical leftists to dox federal agents enforcing immigration laws,” he wrote on X.
Harmeet K. Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Justice Department, criticized Salwell over his remarks.
Masked agents have detained immigrants, and in some cases, U.S. citizens, at court houses for immediate detention and deportation. (Getty Images)
“What’s even dumber about this is that Swalwell has a law degree and he even once made a living as a prosecutor,” she wrote on X. “He knows about federal supremacy and that it is not possible for a state prosecutor to do any of the things he is promising. Oh, and he won’t ever be governor, either.”
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Watch as thousands rally in Salem for anti-Trump No Kings protests
An estimated 5,000 people rallied near the Oregon State Capitol for the third iteration of the global No Kings protests on March 28.
The next iteration of “No Kings” demonstrations will be held on June 14, Flag Day and the day of President Donald Trump’s birthday, when the White House is hosting a UFC event on the South Lawn.
The “No Kings” movement began in 2025, organizing and hosting protests against what organizers described as “tyranny and growing imbalances of power.” The first No Kings protests were held a year ago on June 14, 2025.
In Salem, the third and most recent No Kings Day drew thousands of people to the streets around the Oregon Capitol Mall on March 28. More than 100 demonstrations took place across the state that day.
On June 14, the movement is hosting a special livestream event of a 90-minute concert at The Town Hall in New York City titled “Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment” and hosted by the Committee for the First Amendment. The lineup for the concert includes Jane Fonda, Patti Smith, Bette Midler, Rufus Wainwright, Joy Reid, Wilson Cruz, Broadway Inspirational Voices and more.
The “90-minute concert event will celebrate the freedoms guaranteed by our First Amendment—of speech, religion, press, assembly, and protest—and the people power that both fuels these rights and is essential to guarantee them,” reads a description of the event.
Indivisible and No Kings are partnering with the Committee for the First Amendment to “counter the president’s spectacle,” said the No Kings website.
Salem Region Indivisible is hosting a watch party at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Salem, with free refreshments from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Salem Region Indivisible is also hosting another protest on July 4 to “reclaim Independence Day and our flag,” the group said. The July 4 protest will be held at the Oregon State Capitol. Participants are asked to bring their own picnic and peacefully protest.
To find an Oregon event near you, visit the No Kings website.
Dianne Lugo covers the Oregon Legislature and equity issues. Reach her at dlugo@statesmanjournal.com on X @DianneLugo or Bluesky @diannelugo.bsky.social
Whether the Utah Jazz wanted it to or not, the rebuild would end this upcoming season. The Jaren Jackson Jr. trade last season was a clear sign that the Jazz would be a competitive team. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who was worried that the Jazz might not lose enough games once they had Jaren Jackson Jr. Luckily, the Jazz were willing to do everything it took to lose enough games, including receiving a hefty fine, to both trade for JJJ and, hopefully, draft in the top three in this upcoming vaunted NBA Draft.
On May 10th, that’s exactly what happened, and it was a massive exclamation point to the end of the Utah Jazz rebuild.
It’s a truly massive way to end the rebuild. When this all started, the Jazz were surely hoping that at least one of these four seasons they would get lucky and jump into the top four of the draft. Last season, when the Jazz didn’t jump into the lottery, even with the worst record in the league, it felt like a huge letdown. That said, the Jazz did end up getting a prospect with incredible upside in Ace Bailey. Bailey has shown fantastic signs, but there’s still a lot of growth and consistency needed. Utah, knowing that they still needed to keep their pick, took one last shot at winning the lottery. That win could not have been sweeter with everything on the line.
Had Utah not won the lottery, you can bet they would likely have been making some sort of trade to improve the team. But now, with this upcoming draft, Utah will select a player who can be the cornerstone of an elite, winning basketball team.
Whether it’s AJ Dybantsa, Darryn Peterson, or Cam Boozer, Utah is going to have the second choice among those three players, and that player joins a core that’s already playoff-caliber. But now that they have this tier-1 prospect, the trades they make will be to mold the roster rather than try to get a cornerstone player. That means that Utah is looking to improve weaknesses rather than accumulating whatever talent they can, kind of like what happened with the Jaren Jackson Jr. trade. Jaren Jackson didn’t necessarily fit perfectly with the roster Utah had, but that wasn’t the point, they were trying to take advantage of a potential trade opportunity. But with either AJ Dybantsa or Darryn Peterson on the roster, they are now able to evolve the roster throughout the career of their young core.
With how everything ended this season, even the most pessimistic have to be excited about what is certainly looking like the beginning of an incredible chapter in Jazz history.
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