Election workers sort ballots at Contra Costa County’s election operations facility in Martinez, Calif., on May 27, 2026. Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images
The Department of Homeland Security has directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) leadership to deport foreign citizens who vote in federal elections or make a false claim of citizenship.
The order was given hours after the agency’s general counsel, James Percival, issued a directive on June 9 to the department’s principal legal adviser for leadership to enforce stricter penalties, including deportation, for non-Americans who illegally vote in American elections.
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