Video from a statement by Kristi Noem
Sen. Chris Coons asks Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem whether ICE and CBP will be kept away from polling places, at the Senate Judiciary Committee's Mar. 3, 2026 oversight hearing.
Excerpt from about 2:06:14 to 2:08:19 of the Senate Judiciary Committee's archived video of the hearing. The C-SPAN recording cited for this source shows the same exchange. DI added its logo in the corner.
Video: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Public domain (U.S. government work) (opens in a new tab)
Watch the full original video (opens in a new tab) (relevant passage: Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing of March 3, 2026, Part 1; Sen. Coons's questions and Noem's answers on polling places, about 1:50:40 to 1:53:00)
Asked at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing whether she would rule out deploying ICE or CBP to polling places in November, Noem said, "There are no plans to have ICE officers at our polling locations". Pressed to say it would not happen, she asked whether the senator planned on illegal aliens voting and said, "unless you plan on illegal aliens voting".
“There are no plans to have ICE officers at our polling locations. … Okay, then there should be no need to, unless you plan on illegal aliens voting. … We have no plans to have ICE officers or law enforcement at polling locations.”