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Steve Bannon Proposes Using ICE in Elections
Bannon claims ICE will monitor polls to prevent alleged election theft, despite no official policy and widespread expert and civil rights criticism.
- On Tuesday, Steve Bannon urged ICE to surround the polls during the 2026 midterms, citing plans to send federal officers to patrol polling stations. The call was made on his War Room podcast.
- Following Trump's calls Monday to 'nationalize' voting, Bannon telegraphed ICE deployment as another tactic days after Trump urged taking control in 15 places.
- Legal experts warn Bannon's proposal violates state and federal law forbidding armed federal law enforcement at polling places, with penalties including five years in prison and voter intimidation as a federal crime.
- Congressional negotiations over DHS funding are unfolding, with Rep. Dan Goldman and Democrats tying support to reforms and Democratic state election officials running tabletop exercises and litigation planning.
- Evidence indicates the Department of Homeland Security identified about 10,000 noncitizens among 49.5 million registered voters, with a Georgia audit finding just 20 noncitizens and a Brookings Institution study showing less than 1 percent historically.
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Steve Bannon: ICE should ‘surround’ polling places in midterm elections
The populist ally of President Trump claimed that ICE agents, who have spearheaded the nationwide mass deportation campaign, could be deployed to prevent supposed election fraud, even though their mission is supposed to be limited to immigration enforcement.
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