Marc Morial
Role at the time: President and CEO of the National Urban League, a plaintiff in the lawsuit
Statement summary
National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial said in a Legal Defense Fund release announcing the September 18 lawsuit that voter intimidation is illegal whether it comes from a mob outside the polling place or from the federal government itself. He said threatening to station ICE agents or other federal law enforcement near voting locations is a transparent attempt to sow fear, suppress participation and silence communities.
“Voter intimidation is illegal, whether it comes from a mob outside the polling place or from the federal government itself Threatening to station ICE agents or other federal law enforcement near voting locations is a transparent attempt to sow fear, suppress participation, and silence communities whose voices are essential to a healthy democracy”
Why we used this label
The case records responses to the administration's stated or threatened use of ICE and other armed federal agents at or near polling places. Morial said voter intimidation is illegal whether it comes from a mob or from the federal government itself, and that threatening to station ICE agents or other federal law enforcement near voting locations is a transparent attempt to sow fear and suppress participation. That expressly rejects the threatened deployment, so we labeled it Condemned.