Mullin says DHS could deploy to polling sites for ‘specific’ threats, arrests – POLITICO

Mullin says DHS could deploy to polling sites for ‘specific’ threats, arrestsDemocrats in recent months have raised the alarm that DHS could send ICE agents to polling places later this year.“The only reason why we would be at polling places is if there is a threat to that polling place or we’re serving a warrant on someone that we have been actively tracking down,” Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Tuesday. | Getty ImagesBy Eric Bazail-EimilFacebookRedditLinkedIn

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin provided more details Tuesday about the kinds of operations which would see immigration agents enter polling places, as Democrats have worried the Department of Homeland Security could seek to interfere in November’s midterm elections.

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