Deputy attorney general endorses sending ICE agents to voting sites
During a norm-shattering appearance at a conservative political conference Thursday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said he couldn’t understand why anyone would disagree with a president deploying federal agents to the polls.
Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Blanche was echoing recent calls from far-right activists for President Donald Trump to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to voting sites during the 2026 midterms — a tactic clearly meant to intimidate voters and poll workers and influence election outcomes.
Blanche, the second-highest-ranking official in the Department of Justice (DOJ), downplayed concerns over ICE agents patrolling voting sites, even though federal law bars the deployment of federal troops or armed federal law enforcement to any polling place unless “such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States.”
“Why is there objection to sending ICE officers to polling places?” Blanche, one of Trump’s former personal attorneys, said during a stage interview. “Illegals can’t vote. It doesn’t make any sense.”
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