Top Democrats House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have sparked backlash after demanding that taxpayer dollars not be used for immigration enforcement operations near “sensitive locations,” including polling places.
Which, of course, begs the question: Why would there be elevated concerns about the presence of illegal aliens at polling places?
Democrats’ DHS Demands Spark Outrage: Why Shield Polling Places from ICE Enforcement?
Jeffries (NY-8) and Schumer (D-NY) sent a letter to Republican leadership on Wednesday, demanding reforms to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration enforcement as part of ongoing funding negotiations. Their list of demands includes a key provision prohibiting the use of funds for enforcement operations near “sensitive locations.”
One such location raised eyebrows immediately.
“Prohibit funds from being used to conduct enforcement near sensitive locations, including medical facilities, schools, child-care facilities, churches, polling places, courts, etc.,” the letter reads.
NEW: Schumer and Jeffries lay out 10 demands for DHS reforms pic.twitter.com/bKfVg1Ctbb
— Max Cohen (@maxpcohen) February 5, 2026
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Wait, suddenly Democrats are opposed to people storming churches and creating chaos for worshippers again? That’s rich. Anyway …
Senator Katie Britt (R-AL), who is leading the charge for Republicans on the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, fired back sharply at Schumer and Jeffries, questioning why illegal aliens would need such special protections at voting sites.
She is demanding that DHS be fully funded. Britt also demanded passage of the SAVE (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility) Act. The Act is designed to safeguard elections by ensuring only American citizens vote in federal elections.
Democrats just admitted they think illegal aliens need to be protected at polling places. Why exactly would illegal aliens be at polling places?
We MUST fully fund DHS AND pass the SAVE America Act. https://t.co/iZPhr84lqV
— Senator Katie Boyd Britt (@SenKatieBritt) February 5, 2026
There seems to be a theme here. RedState’s Sister Toldjah reported last week on efforts by Democrats in Virginia to implement similar protections for illegal immigrants at polling locations.
A new bill, HB 1442, seeks to prohibit “any person from performing any act for the purpose or in furtherance of enforcement of federal immigration laws within 40 feet of any building, or part thereof, used as a polling place.”
Even better, they want to keep law enforcement from enforcing immigration laws at “a meeting place for the local electoral board while the electoral board meets to ascertain the results of an election, or the place for a recount.”
Why would Democrats be adamantly against immigration enforcement at polling places and/or anywhere that election results are being tabulated? Why would illegals be sauntering around within 40 feet of a polling place to begin with? Those, as you might imagine, are rhetorical questions.
Schumer recently declared the SAVE Act, passed by the House of Representatives in April 2025 and currently pending in the Senate, to be racist. He insists it is “dead on arrival.”
Republicans want to protect American elections from illegals, while Democrats will do anything to make sure illegals are protected at a ballot box they shouldn’t be anywhere near.
As Sister Toldjah wrote: “Democrats are again showing us exactly who they are, and we should believe them.”
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