Lawsuit Seeks To Block Deployment Of ICE, Federal Agents To Polling Sites

CBS Bay Area

September 10, 2026

A coalition of advocacy groups and a Democratic-led city on Thursday filed a preemptive lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from deploying armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling sites ahead of November's midterm elections.

The lawsuit asks the federal district court in Washington, D.C., to declare unlawful any plans to have armed agents at polling places and to prohibit federal officers from carrying weapons near voting locations or other sites where votes are collected.

"The specter of armed officers at polling places threatens the freedom of this upcoming election," the lawsuit read. "It places voters in fear that they will be confronted by armed federal law enforcement if they choose to cast a ballot."

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