'This Is Voter Intimidation': Outrage Erupts as Trump Admin Sends ICE to Polling Locations

‘This Is Voter Intimidation’: Outrage Erupts as Trump Admin Sends ICE to Polling Locations
November 2, 2025 1:36 pm

https://dailyboulder.com/this-is-voter-intimidation-outrage-erupts-as-trump-admin-sends-ice-to-polling-locations/

With millions geared up to vote in a key off-year election, including a hotly watched redistricting measure in California, the Donald Trump administration has ignited fierce backlash by deploying federal election monitors—sparking accusations of “blatant voter intimidation.”

Officials at the Department of Justice announced they will station staff at polling sites in California (including Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Fresno and Riverside counties) and in Passaic County, New Jersey, The New York Times reports.

While the administration frames this as standard oversight —“to ensure transparency, ballot security and compliance with federal law” —critics say it comes with a clear political sting.

In California, Gavin Newsom didn’t mince words, accusing the administration of “rigging the election” with its deployment of monitors.

Likewise, California Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff warned the move “runs the very real risk of intimidating voters and turning the Department [of Justice] into a tool of partisan and frivolous election-related challenges.” .......................

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Masked federal agents, including ICE, ERO and HSI, walk into an immigration court in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo via X)