Posted on 09/18/2026 8:33:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The lawsuit argues that the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement and suggestions that it could send agents to polling stations violate the Voting Rights Act.
Civil rights groups and labor unions sued the Trump administration on Friday, asserting that its aggressive immigration enforcement and suggestions that it could send armed agents to polling sites amounted to voter intimidation and violated the Voting Rights Act.
Brought by a coalition of Black, Asian and Latino civil rights groups and unions, including the N.A.A.C.P. and the Service Employees International Union, the lawsuit seeks to block any effort by the Trump administration to deploy federal agents at voting locations, which the groups contend can deter citizens trying to legally vote.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, argues that President Trump, Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin and other members of the administration had created a climate in which “voters, especially voters of color, are intimidated and fearful of engaging in the democratic process.”
They had done so, the suit says, by simultaneously pushing false narratives of rampant voting by noncitizens, conducting sweeping immigration enforcement in communities of color and repeatedly suggesting that they could send armed agents to polls.
The White House and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to requests for comment sent on Friday morning. But in the past, Mr. Mullin has said that opponents were fear-mongering and that ICE was not patrolling polling places. “The only reason why we would be at polling places is if there is a threat to that polling place,” he said, “or we’re serving a warrant.”
The lawsuit...
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Armed, unarmed, what do they care if law enforcement agents have their pistols on their uniform.
The Democrats fear losing the election if ice is present. Well don’t fear the Republican Congress all but guaranteed communist control. Leaving the citizen the ones to fear.
You mean armed Black Panther groups in Philly??
Gee, that’s funny.
Here in California recall they put security guards in county election offices and voting places to deter ‘possible interference from election deniers’ for the 2024 election.
They must be worried this will mean the Black Panthers won’t be needed.
I remember that picture. Weren’t they armed?
How about the intimidation tactics by the likes of BLM, etc.?
The Illegals will just MAIL IN THEIR BALLOTS!!
Courts cannot rule on something that hasn’t happened since there is no aggrieved party or loss.
Fear does not generate standing. Delusion does not create standing.
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