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Pedro Camacho

Top DHS Official Promises Election Officials That ICE Will Not Be at Polling Places: 'Simply Disinformation'

Voters make selections at their voting booths inside an early voting site on October 17, 2024 in Hendersonville, North Carolina. (Credit: Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

A senior Department of Homeland Security official told state election leaders this week that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will not be deployed to polling places during the November midterms, calling such claims "simply disinformation."

Heather Honey, DHS deputy assistant secretary for election integrity, made the remarks during a private call Wednesday with election officials and representatives from the Election Assistance Commission, the Justice Department and the FBI.

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