A DHS official says immigration agents will not be at polling places during the midterms

An official with the Department of Homeland Security told state election officials on Wednesday that immigration agents will not be stationed at polling places during the November midterm elections, as some Democrats warned the Trump administration they could try to interfere with the election through intimidation or racial profiling.

Heather Honey, DHS deputy secretary for election integrity, told state secretaries on the phone that “any suggestion that ICE will be present at any polling place is not true,” according to Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes.

A spokesman for Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read, also a Democrat, said Honey also assured officials that immigration agents would not be stationed at polling places. Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams, a Republican, also tweeted to X that DHS is “assuring the Secretaries of State that ICE agents will not be at polling places this year.”

Honey, who has endorsed allegations that President Donald Trump won the 2020 election against former President Joe Biden, participated in the call, which included representatives of the FBI, the US Election Assistance Commission, the Postal Service and other government agencies to discuss communications ahead of the terms.

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This comes as several Democrats have expressed concern that immigration agents could be placed at polling places to intimidate Americans who fear they could be racially cleansed and targeted when they go to the polls.

“I’m talking about something that I think is going to be a rare thing in American history, which is uniformed and masked ice agents going around polling places,” said Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., at a recent congressional hearing. “And it’s not a dream, and it’s not done. We have to be clear about that. These are the things that the president and his cabinet suggested.”

The Justice Department has been filing lawsuits seeking detailed voter information, though the department has not publicly explained the specific reason for each request.

Trump has renewed his allegations of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, allegations that have been widely disputed and dismissed by the courts, and has called on administration officials to investigate the election.

Democrats have expressed concern that immigration agents may be placed at polling places to intimidate American voters. (Paul Richards/AFP via Getty Images)

Earlier this month, the FBI executed a search warrant at an election office in Fulton County, Georgia, seizing ballots and other voting records from 2020, according to local officials. A Democratic stronghold, Fulton County includes Atlanta. The Peach State went to Biden in 2020, but Trump carried the state in 2024.

Democratic officials and public interest advocates across the country have been concerned for months about Trump’s meddling during the midterm elections and vote counting.

Democrats pointed out that Trump was determined to try to downplay his loss in the 2020 election, pardoned those involved in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and has filled his administration with supporters who support his efforts to overturn the election defeat.

The US Constitution guarantees that states conduct elections, not federal officials. Most states have their own Secretary of State who presides over elections.

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Democratic officials and public interest advocates across the country have been worried for months about President Donald Trump’s meddling during the terms. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Participants in the call said the Democratic secretaries of state asked Honey several questions about the administration’s cuts to election security funding and their efforts to end non-citizen voting, which is already illegal and irregular, as well as concerns about federal law enforcement officers from polling places.

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The White House dismissed those concerns, saying there was no interference during last year’s election when Democrats did well.

During a congressional hearing earlier this month, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Todd Lyons, and the commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, Rodney Scott, both said they were not involved in efforts to monitor polling places.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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