Arizona GOP Wants ICE at Polling Places

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Arizona GOP Wants ICE at Polling Places

February 18, 2026 at 5:31 am EST By Taegan Goddard 56 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/02/18/arizona-gop-wants-ice-at-polling-places/

Arizona Republicans want to require ICE officers to be stationed at polling places this year, the Arizona Mirror reports.

This week, the Arizona Senate will take up a proposal to force all 15 of the state’s counties to sign an agreement with ICE “to provide for a federal immigration law enforcement presence at each location within this state where ballots are cast or deposited.”

Applegrove: Jasmine Crockett had an even in Texas. Her advance security team went to vet a location for an event, an office. A Latina American saw the advance team and thought they were ICE and hid under her desk. Terrified. Putting ICE at polling places will depress Latino votes massively. American, eligible to vote legally, latinos will be too afraid to show up on election day.