The Unconstitutional Attempt to Criminalize Naming ICE Agents

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2026

Publication Title

UCLA Law Review Discourse

Abstract

Some members of Congress propose to make it a crime to publish the name of a federal official with the intent of obstructing that official’s law or immigration enforcement duties. This Essay considers whether the lawmakers’ bill, the Protecting Law Enforcement from Doxxing Act, is consistent with the First Amendment. It is not.

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73

First Page

144

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