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Trump administration rules out mass ICE enforcement at the polls in midterms
The Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security confirmed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is not planning large-scale enforcement operations at polling places during the midterms. A DHS official stated that ICE's actions are intelligence-driven and could change if a threat emerges, while Senate Democrats expressed concerns about federal agents being deployed at voting sites, citing federal laws prohibiting such actions.
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