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UpdateArizonaWednesday, November 4, 2026

ICE arrested 5 immigrants near Arizona polling sites on Election Day

By the Democracy SENTRY deskPublished

Reporting by
FOX 10 Phoenix
“ICE arrests 5 immigrants near Arizona polling sites, triggering outrage from activist groups”, Wednesday, November 4, 2026
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What happened

Homeland Security Investigations agents arrested five undocumented immigrants outside a Food City grocery store near Southern Avenue and Mesa Drive in Mesa, Arizona, on Election Day, November 3, 2026. The store sits about a half-mile from a vote center at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and less than a mile from Progressive Baptist Church on Horne, which also served as a polling site. ICE spokesperson Fernando Burgos said the arrests were part of an ongoing criminal investigation.1

Civil rights groups including the Asian Law Caucus condemned the operation as voter intimidation. Mesa police said they provided no operational support to federal agents.1

5
undocumented immigrants arrested1

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Sources

  1. FOX 10 Phoenix, https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxNclVnaERIeVRseTBib05EdE56S2FQUndQNDgtUmZqbFc2cV9oQ0JaWThwYm01WXdrNVJvRFdiU2QtS3FHXzV1NVNVUlZ2ZFBfRnJIT01lSVI0TnlITVh0UHFKbVZqaktjbWNtS3Ixb1VEeW13ZlY3cUpDTmY4eXgtV1ZZVkJHQ2dGNXVFUUNrOGNmdTZNVDVUMERZWjJ1MmMwU0p5M3hNSndSSjBRbUxKcWIxUncwdlIweG5YbmF4RVcxVWs?oc=5 · Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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