ICE Announces New Polling Division, Cites “Extensive ID-Checking Experience”

Random Stops Result in Unintended Enfranchisement

By Fran Chise, Electoral Participation Correspondent

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Wednesday the creation of a new Polling Integrity Division staffed by ICE agents with experience checking IDs at airports, as recommended by former Trump strategist Steve Bannon.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt estimated the new division would “form just in time for the midterms” and represented “the most significant electoral innovation since the poll tax.”

She addressed concerns that stationing armed federal agents at polling places would constitute voter intimidation. “I want to be very clear,” Leavitt said. “The agents will be smiling.”

ICE confirmed polling protocols will include asking voters to remove their shoes, placing laptops and tablets in a separate bin, and limiting liquids in the booth to 3.4 ounces. Voters who prefer to keep their shoes on may enroll in “DHS-Pre” if they pass a background check confirming they have not voted Democrat in t…