States Are Told ICE Won’t Target Voting Stations in November (2)

Feb. 26, 2026, 9:48 PM UTC

Two Democratic secretaries of state said they were told the Trump administration isn’t planning to send federal immigration enforcement agents to polling locations during November’s congressional elections.

State officials were told during a call Wednesday with federal authorities that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents won’t be waiting outside voting locations, said Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows. She told reporters that the comment was welcome, but she added that “it would be completely unlawful and unconstitutional should the answer be anything different.”

State and federal officials have repeatedly clashed in the past year over President Donald Trump’s immigration ...

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