DENVER (AP) — A Department of Homeland Security official on Wednesday told state election administrators that immigration agents will not be stationed at the polls during November's midterm elections, trying to swat down one of Democrats' greatest fears about possible election interference from the Trump administration.
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Heather Honey, who serves as deputy assistant secretary for election integrity, told the group of secretaries of state that "any suggestion that ICE will be present at any polling location is simply not true," according to a statement from Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat.
A spokeswoman for Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read also said Honey made the pledge, and Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams, a Republican, posted on the social media site X that the promise came from "DHS."
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The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to a request for comment.
Honey, an election conspiracy theorist who has backed false claims that President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election, was on the call along with representatives of the FBI, U.S. Election Assistance Commission, Postal Service and other federal agencies to talk about coordination for the midterms.
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