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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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The Independent (US)Bannon wants ICE to ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on seizing elections
Former adviser calls on president to deploy federal officers to suppress votes with balance of power in Congress at stake in midterms
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The former strategicist of the White House Steve Bannon stated that federal immigration agents should act close to the voting places in the November legislative elections. The statement warned electoral authorities about the risk of interference by the federal government in the American electoral process. Although it does not take official responsibility, Bannon follows as one of the most influential figures of the extreme right and maintains pr…
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