ICE won't be at polling places this year, a Trump DHS official promises

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NPR

February 25, 2026 4:38 PM ET


In a call Wednesday with many of the top voting officials across the country, a senior Department of Homeland Security official stated that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would not be patrolling polling places during this year's midterm elections.

"Any suggestion that ICE is going to be present at polling places is simply disinformation," said Heather Honey, DHS assistant secretary for election integrity, according to a participant on the call who spoke to NPR on the condition of anonymity. "There will be no ICE presence at polling locations." Kentucky Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams confirmed the promise in a social media post as well.

Federal law prohibits federal troops or law enforcement from interfering with voting, and states have the constitutional authority to run their own elections.

But for all of his second term, President Trump has voiced an openness to unprecedented involvement by the federal government in those state processes.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/25/nx-s1-5726768/ice-agents-midterm-elections

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When have they EVER actually followed the law?

[EarthFirst]

1. Semantics.

They won’t be within or immediately surrounding polling places; they’ll be 100’ away to claim they are adhering to election laws.

[johnnyfins]

2. "Heather Honey" ?

Really?

[0rganism]

3. So, they'll definitely be deployed at polling places this year and every year henceforth

Every accusation a projection, every denial a confession. Default behavior for F47's bunch.

[riversedge]

4. I will believe it when I see it!! ....."....a Trump DHS official promises"

[duckworth969]

5. Unless there is a "situation"

A “reason” to send in ICE/CBP.

“Restore order” and other air quotes.

[Javaman]

6. and we are supposed to start believing them now? LOL nt

[Ray Bruns]

7. History has shown that DHS's promises promise nothing.

[AverageOldGuy]

8. In other news:

Pigs fly.

Mona Lisa was a man.

[Bengus81]

9. I don't care,they won't change my vote

[William Seger]

10. Those thugs have been given license to assault anyone who looks or sounds Hispanic

They shouldn't be allowed ANYWHERE!

[travelingthrulife]

11. Liars.

[dalton99a]

12. Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role

https://apnews.com/article/heather-honey-trump-election-integrity-homeland-security-e00b0dd4df548d317ce2186a3249f6f0

Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role
By ALI SWENSON
Updated 3:41 PM CST, August 26, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss has been appointed to an election integrity role at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Pennsylvania activist Heather Honey is now serving as the deputy assistant secretary for election integrity in the department’s Office of Strategy, Policy and Plans, an organizational chart on its website shows.

The political appointment, first reported by Democracy Docket, shows how self-styled election investigators who have thrown themselves into election conspiracy theories since 2020 are now being celebrated by a presidential administration that indulges their false claims.

Her new role, which didn’t exist under President Joe Biden, also comes as Trump has used election integrity concerns as a pretext to try to give his administration power over how elections are run in the U.S.

The president has ordered sweeping changes to election processes and vowed to do away with mail ballots and voting machines to promote “honesty” in the 2026 midterms, despite a lack of constitutional authority to do so. Trump’s Department of Justice also has demanded complete state voter lists, raising concerns about voter privacy and questions about how the federal government plans to use the sensitive data.

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[bluestarone]

13. So, what will happen when poles close and counting begins?

That is when the action will begin. I could see them collecting and removing the ballots. To late to do anything about it then. I'm really concerned of their power here. They WILL do this and tie it up in the courts.

[slightlv]

15. We have experience with this

From the 20s 30s and on. All kinds of felonious ways to cheat by taking ballots, etc. This is so old school I'm not surprised trump is thinking about it again.

[barbtries]

14. "Roe is settled law"

do you think they lie?!

[Efilroft Sul]

16. Narrator: But ICE agents would be patrolling the streets to prevent specific-looking people from getting to the polls.

[Be The Light]

17. They always do the opposite of what they say,

So, expect ice to be there!