ICE Adds Questions About Voting to Detainee Intake, Report Says

October 6, 2026

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement added a question about past voting to its detainee booking intake in August, according to a Washington Post report based on a former official and an internal email reviewed by the newspaper.

What is reported: The October 1 email said detainees who acknowledged voting illegally would be asked whether they voted by mail or in person. The number of admissions is unknown. The report describes an intake practice; it does not establish widespread noncitizen voting. The Post notes that documented noncitizen voting is rare.

Response and status: ICE declined to discuss the specific questioning methods and said it reviews credible allegations, including election-integrity matters. No court proceeding or formal finding about the reported intake questions is identified in the report.

Source: The Washington Post, October 6, 2026 (published 2:30 p.m. EDT / 1:30 p.m. Central)