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Bannon Urges Emergency to Deploy Immigration Agents at Polls

8/18/2026

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Steve Bannon urged officials to declare an emergency permitting federal immigration agents at polling places for the November midterms.
U.S. President Donald Trump has not commented on any emergency plan.
Senate Leader Chuck Schumer posted on X that Donald Trump wants to take over elections and Democrats will fight.
Election-law experts said an emergency would not automatically let the president rewrite state election laws or add voter qualifications.

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Steve Bannon urged officials to declare an emergency permitting federal immigration agents at polling places for the November midterms.
U.S. President Donald Trump has not commented on any emergency plan.
Senate Leader Chuck Schumer posted on X that Donald Trump wants to take over elections and Democrats will fight.
Election-law experts said an emergency would not automatically let the president rewrite state election laws or add voter qualifications.