No plans to have ICE officers patrol polls during midterm elections, says US officials
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Legal
October 3, 2026
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials say they don’t plan to send immigration enforcement officers en masse to patrol the polls and dismissed concerns that they plan to do so as “fear-mongering.”
With early voting already underway, a question worrying some voters is what role — if any — immigration enforcement officers might have at polling places through Election Day.
Election legal experts say federal law clearly prevents the government from deploying any armed troops, agents or officers to election sites except to “repel armed enemies of the United States,” a high bar to clear.
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