诉讼请求阻止移民海关执法局及联邦特工部署至投票站点


2026年9月10日 / 美国东部时间早上7:02 / 哥伦比亚广播公司(CBS)新闻

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一个倡导团体联盟以及由民主党主导的一座城市于周四提起先发制人的诉讼,试图阻止特朗普政府在11月中期选举前部署武装移民海关执法局(ICE)特工前往投票站点。

该诉讼请求华盛顿特区联邦地区法院宣布任何在投票地点部署武装特工的计划均为非法,并禁止联邦执法人员在投票地点或其他计票场所附近携带武器。

“投票地点出现武装人员的阴影威胁着本次选举的自由,”诉讼文件中写道。“这会让选民担心,如果他们选择投票,就会遭遇武装联邦执法人员。”

该诉讼明确将国土安全部和移民海关执法局列为被告,同时列为被告的还有两部门负责人马克韦恩·马林斯和戴维·文图雷拉。诉讼由倾向自由派的法律团体“民主向前”代表美国拉丁裔公民联盟、“共同事业”、“团结美国”以及丹佛市提起。

诉讼援引了一项联邦法律条款,该条款规定,官员监督或命令部署“任何军队或武装人员”至“举行大选或特别选举的任何地点”属于犯罪行为,除非此类部署是为了抵御“美国的武装敌人”。

尽管史蒂夫·班农等一些“让美国再次伟大”(MAGA)阵营人士呼吁移民海关执法局“包围投票站”,但特朗普政府官员否认有此类部署的具体计划,同时又没有明确排除在某些情况下让特工出现在投票站点的可能性。

本月早些时候在纽约市举行的新闻发布会上,国土安全部部长马林斯表示:“移民海关执法局不会在投票站巡逻。”

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但马林斯表示,如果投票地点面临“威胁”,或者特工正在执行针对他们“一直在积极追捕的对象”的搜查令,那么移民海关执法局可以出现在投票地点。

“如果我们正在执行搜查令,我们就会出现在我们需要出现的地方,”当被再次问及该问题时,马林斯说道。

移民海关执法局的驱逐部门主要负责定位、逮捕、拘留和驱逐非法入境美国或以其他方式违反联邦移民法的人员。其国土安全调查部门历来专注于打击具有国际关联的犯罪活动,但近年来越来越多地被指派协助移民执法以及调查所谓的选民欺诈行为。

参谋长联席会议主席丹·凯恩将军表示,军方没有向投票地点派遣军队或国民警卫队士兵的计划。

Lawsuit seeks to block deployment of ICE, federal agents to polling sites

September 10, 2026 / 7:02 AM EDT / CBS News

By Camilo Montoya-Galvez

Camilo Montoya-Galvez Immigration Correspondent

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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.”

The lawsuit specifically named the Department of Homeland Security and ICE as defendants, as well as their respective leaders, Markwayne Mullin and David Venturella. It was filed by the liberal-leaning legal group Democracy Forward, on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens, Common Cause, UnidosUS and the city of Denver.

The suit cited a provision of federal law that makes it a crime for officials to oversee or order the deployment of “any troops or armed men” to “any place where a general or special election is held,” unless such a deployment is needed to repel “armed enemies of the United States.”

Although some MAGA personalities, like Steve Bannon, have called on ICE to “surround the polls,” Trump administration officials have denied concrete plans for such deployments, while at the same time not categorically ruling out the presence of agents at polling sites under some circumstances.

During a news conference in New York City earlier this month, DHS Secretary Mullin said that “ICE isn’t there to patrol the polling places.”

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But Mullin said ICE could be at polling places if there’s “a threat” to such sites or if agents are serving a warrant for someone they’ve “been actively tracking down.”

“If we’re serving a warrant, we will be where we need to be,” Mullin said when pressed again on the issue.

ICE’s deportation branch is mainly in charge of locating, arresting, detaining and deporting people who entered the U.S. illegally or otherwise violated federal immigration law. Its Homeland Security Investigations branch has historically focused on dismantling criminal activity with an international nexus, but has increasingly been assigned to help with immigration enforcement and investigations into alleged voter fraud.

Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said the military has no plans to dispatch troops or National Guard soldiers to polling places.

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