The Department of Homeland Security on Monday said it would not comply with California's new law that bans law enforcement officers from covering their faces while conducting operations.

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed the bill into law on Saturday, saying that the images of masked federal immigration officers violently arresting people off the streets—many of them citizens or legal residents—is "like a dystopian sci-fi movie."

“This is a disgrace. This is an outrage, what we’ve allowed to happen in this country," Newsom said.

California’s law is set to take effect in January. But DHS, which oversees the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection agents who have been conducting immigration raids, said it won't follow the law.

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