与密歇根州民主党参议员伊丽莎·斯洛特金的来回交锋，发生之际，一些右翼人士警告称，许多蓝州的选举安全政策可能会允许非法移民为他们被禁止参与的竞选投票。
非法移民自1993年起在某些地方选举中被允许投票，以马里兰州塔科马公园为例，但联邦层面禁止他们投票给国会和总统候选人。
当斯洛特金询问联邦政府还是各州管理选举时，穆林援引宪法回应称，选举是州的责任，其中包含一些联邦监督。
特朗普加倍呼吁共和党“全国化”投票制度，国会领袖却犹豫
俄克拉荷马州共和党参议员马克韦恩·穆林在其确认听证会上做手势。（奥利维尔·孔特雷拉斯/盖蒂图片社）
“所以如果你说的是《保卫美国法案》要求你（证明公民身份），顺便说一句，这是符合宪法的……我认为要求某人证明自己是美国公民才能在联邦选举中投票，这并不过分。”他表示。
斯洛特金称她并未暗示《保卫美国法案》存在争议——该法案目前仍在参议院受阻——而是对选举日的移民执法活动表示担忧。
“如果你是国土安全部部长，你是否认为自己有权在2026年将穿制服的人员部署在投票地点？”她问道。穆林回应称，他已在她的办公室讨论过这个问题，并确认只有在“有具体威胁”且“不是为了恐吓”的情况下才会派遣ICE。
斯洛特金反驳称，质疑可能出现的威胁类型，并补充说，在历史上的危险时期，如二战或反恐战争期间，此类特工并未被派遣到投票地点。
国土安全部称中期选举期间移民与海关执法局特工不会出现在投票站
密歇根州民主党参议员伊丽莎·斯洛特金于2025年10月23日在美国国会大厦投票。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/盖蒂图片社）
穆林表示，除了重申如果像犹太社区这样的群体面临威胁——斯洛特金在之前的交流中提到过威胁情况——他无法进行假设，公众会理解为何国土安全部需要出现在特定区域。
“我认为你在这里而不是克里斯蒂·诺姆，是因为美国人现在比信任ICE更信任当地执法部门。所以我只想说，如果我们真的到了需要你在投票地点部署武装ICE官员的地步，我们这个国家就失去了理智。”斯洛特金说。
“除非我听到有人告诉我，总统特朗普会真正允许我们进行自由公正的选举，否则这里不存在任何信任，我无法相信他不会试图窃取选举。”
由于非法移民无资格在联邦及大多数州和市选举中投票，保守派质疑为何民主党人对ICE出现在投票站如此有争议，有人还对潜在的“窃取”行为进行了推测。
据报道，康涅狄格州议员即将就一项在无搜查令的情况下禁止在投票站250英尺范围内开展执法活动的禁令进行投票。康涅狄格州民主党众议员约翰·拉森计划在社交媒体上发起类似的全国性禁令。
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新墨西哥州已经禁止ICE在投票站附近活动，而联邦法律禁止在除非“必要击退美国武装敌人”的情况下向此类地点部署武装部队。弗吉尼亚州也在考虑类似的禁令，其中还包括法院范围。
康涅狄格州州众议员、来自斯坦福的民主党人马修·布卢门撒尔（其父理查德曾在参议院听证会上质疑穆林）起草了这项250英尺禁令法案，并告诉美联社，有人担心特朗普政府会“试图引发全国紧急状态或执行其他联邦特工或军队部署，以干涉选举和恐吓选民”。
然而，一些亲特朗普人士呼吁ICE采取行动，防止任何潜在的恶意投票。
前白宫顾问斯蒂芬·班农在2月播出的“战争室”节目中表示：“我们将让ICE在11月包围投票站。”
“你必须在每个投票站周围部署力量，确保只有持有效证件、真正登记投票且是美国公民的人才能在此次选举中投票。”据《政治报》报道，他这样说道。
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Homeland Security Secretary-designate Markwayne Mullin was challenged Wednesday over concerns that the Trump administration could position ICE agents near polling places this November.
The back-and-forth with Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., comes amid warnings from some on the right that many blue states’ election security policies are potentially allowing illegal immigrants to cast ballots for races they are prohibited from participating in.
Illegal immigrants are allowed to vote in certain local elections, starting with Takoma Park, Maryland, in 1993, but are federally banned from voting for congressional and presidential candidates.
When asked by Slotkin whether the feds or the states run elections, Mullin cited the Constitution in responding that they are a state responsibility that includes some federal oversight.
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., gestures during his confirmation hearing.(Olivier Contreras/Getty Images)
“So if you’re talking about the SAVE America Act requiring you, which is within the Constitution, by the way… to be citizens of the United States, I don’t think it’s too much to ask somebody to prove they’re a citizen of the U.S. to vote in a federal election,” he said.
Slotkin said she was not inferring any controversy over the SAVE Act, which remains held up in the Senate, but instead was raising concerns about immigration enforcement activity on Election Day.
“If you are secretary of Homeland Security, do you feel you have the authority to put uniformed officers at polling locations in 2026?” she asked. Mullin replied he had discussed the subject with her in her office and confirmed he would only dispatch ICE if there was a “specific threat” and “not for intimidation.”
Slotkin countered by questioning the type of threat that could arise, adding that such agents were not dispatched during dangerous periods in history, like World War II or the War on Terror.
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., votes during a session in the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 23, 2025.(Tom Williams/Getty Images)
Mullin said he couldn’t engage in hypotheticals other than to reiterate that if there was a threat to a group like the Jewish community – which Slotkin brought up in a previous exchange about the threat landscape – that the public would understand why DHS needed to be in a certain area.
“I think the reason you’re here and not Kristi Noem is because Americans trust their local law enforcement now way more than they trust ICE. So I would just say, if we ever get to the point where you are being asked to put armed ICE officers at polling locations, we have lost the plot as a country,” Slotkin said.
“And until I hear someone tell me that this man, President Trump, will actually allow us to have a free and fair election, there is zero trust here, and I cannot trust that he won’t try and steal it.”
With illegal immigrants ineligible to vote in federal and most state and municipal elections, conservatives have questioned why the idea of ICE at the polls is so controversial among Democrats, with some offering their own conjecture about potential “stealing.”
Connecticut lawmakers are reportedly set to vote on a ban on enforcement activity within 250 feet of a polling place without a warrant in the Constitution State. Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., is looking to pass a similar nationwide ban, according to a post on his social media.
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New Mexico has already banned ICE from the proximity of polls, while federal law prohibits deployment of armed forces to such unless “necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States.” Virginia is also considering a similar ban that also includes courthouse confines.
Connecticut state Rep. Matthew Blumenthal, D-Stamford, whose father Richard questioned Mullin at the U.S. Senate hearing, authored the 250-foot-ban bill and told the AP there is a fear that the Trump administration will “attempt to evoke a national emergency or execute some other deployment of federal agents or military troops in order to interfere with elections and intimidate voters.”
However, some pro-Trump voices have called for ICE activity to prevent any potential nefarious voting.
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Stephen Bannon, the former White House advisor, said on a February airing of his “War Room” program that “we’re going to have ICE surround the polls in November.”
“You’ve got to get around every poll and make sure only people with IDs, [those] actually registered to vote and people that are United States citizens vote in this election,” he said, according to Politico.
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