Maine among states demanding assurance ICE agents won’t be deployed to polls

By: Emma Davis

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: March 10, 2026

Words: 343

Last Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago

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Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, along with officials from eight other states, sent a letter Tuesday to the expected next Homeland Security leader requesting confirmation that federal immigration agents won’t have a presence at polls during midterm elections.

“That we even have to ask for written assurances that the federal government won’t deploy armed agents to the polls is a sad and frightening sign of the times we’re in,” Bellows said in a written …

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