Legal Challenge Aims to Prevent ICE Agents at Polling Stations Before Midterms

A coalition files lawsuit to stop armed ICE agents from being stationed at polling sites ahead of November's midterm elections.

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September 10, 2026 One Min Read

POLICY WIRE — Denver, United States — A group of advocacy organizations and a Democratic-led city have filed a legal action to prevent the Trump administration from stationing armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at polling locations before the upcoming midterm elections.

The lawsuit requests a federal court in Washington, D.C., to rule that any plan involving armed agents at voting sites is unlawful and to ban federal officers from carrying weapons near polling places or other areas where votes are cast.

The filing, led by the progressive legal group Democracy Forward on behalf of several civil rights organizations and the city of Denver, names the Department of Homeland Security and ICE as defendants. It references a federal law that prohibits officials from deploying

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