{"id":3033,"date":"2026-08-26T17:43:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3033"},"modified":"2026-08-26T17:43:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:43:05","slug":"gop-governor-candidate-plans-to-ask-for-ice-agents-at-polling-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3033","title":{"rendered":"GOP Governor Candidate Plans to Ask for ICE Agents at Polling Places"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Maine gubernatorial candidate Bobby Charles said he plans to ask White House border czar Tom Homan to send U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to Maine polling stations this election season.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3031\">Father of Sailor on Nightmare USS Lincoln Deployment Released From ICE Custody<\/a><\/p><p>If Charles succeeds, the move could validate long-held fears by many in the Democratic Party that President Donald Trump could use immigration agents to intimidate voters or assist in potential efforts to tamper with election results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to ask Tom \u2014 three or four weeks before the election, maybe three \u2014 I\u2019m going to make an appeal for ICE and marshals to be at our voting booths,\u201d Charles said last week in an audio recording obtained and reported first by the <span><u>Bangor Daily News<\/u><\/span> Wednesday. \u201cDo you think the illegals who are being paid money are going to like that?\u201d<\/p><p>The Republican nominee\u2019s comments come as the state is still grappling with the death of Johan Sebasti\u00e1n Dur\u00e1n Guerrero, a Columbian national who was <span><u>shot and killed<\/u><\/span> by ICE on July 13 in Biddeford, Maine. Dur\u00e1n Guerrero was <span><u>not the intended target<\/u><\/span> of the operation, but his killing sparked <span><u>heated protests<\/u><\/span> against federal immigration enforcement in the state.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"US Department of the Treasury\" class=\"wp-image-2969\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/48ba3e51a27a513915112940936f59ad-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/48ba3e51a27a513915112940936f59ad-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/48ba3e51a27a513915112940936f59ad-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/48ba3e51a27a513915112940936f59ad.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Billionaire\u2019s WSJ Op-Ed Criticizing Bessent Was Written With AI\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"burgum\" class=\"wp-image-2960\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4ed893ac0204a0c2030c3153bc5d7a05-768x513.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4ed893ac0204a0c2030c3153bc5d7a05-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4ed893ac0204a0c2030c3153bc5d7a05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4ed893ac0204a0c2030c3153bc5d7a05.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      \u2018They Want Us All To Leave\u2019: Interior Reassigns Dozens of Senior Staff\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Election 2026 Texas\" class=\"wp-image-3024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/71f7b1beeabfe923306644a0d7b3fd2e-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/71f7b1beeabfe923306644a0d7b3fd2e-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/71f7b1beeabfe923306644a0d7b3fd2e-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/71f7b1beeabfe923306644a0d7b3fd2e.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Democrats Embrace \u2018Redboxing\u2019 Loophole in Hot Congressional Races\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"U.S. Congress\" class=\"wp-image-3018\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c611311f4f4121db07612763bfd80f61-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c611311f4f4121db07612763bfd80f61-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c611311f4f4121db07612763bfd80f61-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c611311f4f4121db07612763bfd80f61.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      How Corporate PAC Money Gets to Democrats Who Swore It Off\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Charles called Homan a \u201cfriend\u201d and added that the pair \u201cused to be on Fox [News] all the time together\u201d at a gathering with Maine Young Republicans on Aug. 20. It appears to be the first time a midterm candidate said they plan to ask the federal government to deploy immigration agents to polling locations.<\/p><p>The comment is in line with President Donald Trump\u2019s push to <span><u>crack down<\/u><\/span> on noncitizen voting \u2014 though there is <span><u>little evidence<\/u><\/span> to support the idea that noncitizens are voting in large numbers or that massive enforcement efforts would have stopped the few who have been caught.<\/p><p>Deploying ICE agents to polling locations may also be illegal under federal statutes that prohibit federal officials from <span><u>interfering with<\/u><\/span> elections and <span><u>intimidating voters<\/u><\/span>. Federal law enforcement officials or \u201carmed men\u201d are also <span><u>prohibited<\/u><\/span> where an \u201celection is held.\u201d<\/p><p>ICE referred NOTUS to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin\u2019s comments during his <span><u>confirmation hearing<\/u><\/span>, where he said \u201cthe only reason why my officers would be there is if there was a specific threat for them to be there, not for intimidation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Marshals Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p><p>Charles\u2019 campaign did not dispute the remark when reached by Bangor Daily News, but added that the \u201cpoint is that Bobby will do everything legally possible to prevent illegal voting in Maine.\u201d<\/p><p>Democrats quickly voiced their opposition to Charles\u2019 plan, with Devon Murphy-Anderson, Maine\u2019s Democratic Party executive director, <span><u>calling<\/u><\/span> the push for ICE at Maine\u2019s polling locations \u201cnot only deeply alarming \u2014 it is likely illegal.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3029\">Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Drag Show Ban: \u2018Just Don\u2019t Go\u2019<\/a><\/p><p>Maine\u2019s Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat who is tasked with overseeing the elections process, affirmed that federal law enforcement officials are \u201cprohibited from being at the polls on Election Day.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cBobby Charles can call whoever he wants, but he can\u2019t change the Constitution or the law,\u201d Bellows told the Bangor Daily News.<\/p><p>Some in Trump\u2019s inner circle have floated sending ICE agents to the polls, but the administration has said they will not pursue the enforcement efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s former chief strategist Steve Bannon <span><u>said<\/u><\/span> earlier this year that deploying ICE agents to U.S. airports would be a \u201cperfect training for the fall of 2026,\u201d but the Department of Homeland Security <span><u>told<\/u><\/span> election officials \u201cthere will be no ICE presence at polling locations for this election\u201d in a virtual meeting in February.<\/p><p>Charles is set to face Pingree in November. The Republican faces an uphill climb in the race, which is rated \u201csolid D\u201d by <span><u>Cook Political Report<\/u><\/span>. Vice President JD Vance <span><u>backed<\/u><\/span> Charles earlier this week at a rally in Maine, but Trump has yet to formally back the Republican candidate.<\/p><p>\u201cMy opponent is on the internet pretending he is no longer a proxy for Donald Trump, and meanwhile he is begging Trump\u2019s ICE to come interfere with our free and fair elections,\u201d Pingree told NOTUS. \u201cI think that conduct speaks for itself and I trust the Maine people to see it for what it is.\u201d<\/p><p>Democrats are heading into the election with the advantage, and Charles has made efforts to distance himself from the president. At a campaign event last week, the Republican <span><u>told voters<\/u><\/span> he does not know Trump.<\/p><p>\u201cBut, I will work with him,\u201d Charles said. \u201cI will also stand up against him if he opposes something Maine needs.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3027\">D.C. Could Receive Up to $130 Million From Meta as Part of Massive Settlement<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bobby Charles is running against Democrat Hannah Pingree in Maine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GOP Governor Candidate Plans to Ask for ICE Agents at Polling Places - Modern Home Journals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3033\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GOP Governor Candidate Plans to Ask for ICE Agents at Polling Places - 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