John,

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told reporters that ICE agents can—and very likely will—be deployed to polling places if he so chooses.

Mullin said ICE will conduct operations at polling places “if there is a threat” or if “we’re serving a warrant on someone that we have been actively tracking down. If we’re serving a warrant we will be where we need to be.”

The Secretary’s comments are not reasonable and, importantly, they are not legal: federal law prohibits and imposes a possible penalty of up to 5 years in prison for federal officials who order or knowingly order “armed men” to a location where an election is taking place. The law also allows disqualification from federal office for officials who violate it. 

Put very plainly: armed ICE agents cannot make arrests and conduct routine law enforcement operations at polling places while an election is taking place. Full stop. 



Secretary Mullin is telling the American people that DHS, the most rogue agency in the federal government right now, will not be following the law or respecting the sanctity of our elections in November. 

Mullin has already said that DHS planned to “scrub all election records, looking for illegal aliens and those who are ineligible to vote” — signalling his intention to create a phony pretext to claim ICE “needs to be” at polling places during the election. 

We need to be ready. We are working to inform and educate voters about the possible threats and roadblocks they may face from now until November as voting starts in some states very soon. 

Defend Our Courts is investing significant resources into this effort to educate voters and safeguard our ballots while also keeping our focus fixed on protecting the independent state court judges that can have the final word on Trump’s election rigging. 

Without your support, MAGA will lay the groundwork to interfere in the midterm election to save Trump and throw out Democratic votes. But they will not succeed if more of us put time, money, and effort into this fight. Will you stand with Defend Our Courts to protect democracy and fight back with a contribution today of $25 or whatever you can do?

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