The Department of Homeland Security stated that ICE agents would not be sent to the polls.

Posted by Consider This from NPR, Aug 28, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Consider This from NPRAug 28, 2026

DHS officials repeatedly stated that immigration agents would not be stationed at or sent to polling places, including a February 2026 briefing to state election officials that predates the August 28 post.

This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.

What was said

… Liz Landers asked about whether he would dispatch the National Guard or ICE agents to voting sites, and he refused to rule it out. He said he'd do anything necessary to protect elections. We should say troops at polls is illegal. And when I asked the Department of Homeland Security about this specifically, an official told me that ICE agents would not be sent to the polls, and the administration refused to engage with me on what they describe as hypotheticals. Okay, I want to note here that elections themselves and here we're talking about the actual process of casting a vote to choose your representation that is supposed to …

Consider This from NPR · Aug 28, 2026· from the transcriptPost →

What we found

Supports. A DHS assistant secretary told state election officials on a February 2026 call that ICE would not be placed at any polling location in 2026, per Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes. This predates the August 28 post.[3]

Supports. AP reports DHS officials say they don't plan to send immigration enforcement officers en masse to patrol the polls, and that a DHS official told state election administrators immigration agents will not be stationed at the polls for the midterms.[1]

Supports. DHS told News4 in October that "ICE is not planning operations targeting polling places," consistent with the earlier denials.[4]

Context. PolitiFact reports administration officials said they have no plans to send agents to precincts en masse but have not ruled out sending officers or agents to a voting site under specific scenarios, and a White House spokesperson pointed to Karoline Leavitt's remark that she could not guarantee an ICE agent wouldn't be near a polling location.[2]

Context. The specific NPR interview statement quoted in the post is not itself documented in these sources, but multiple independent DHS statements covering the same position support the claim's core assertion. The claim does not depart from the passage.[1][3]