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UpdateArizonaThursday, November 5, 2026

Volunteers monitored Arizona polling sites for immigration enforcement

By the Democracy SENTRY deskPublished

Reporting by
KJZZ Politics
“After months of training for possibility of ICE at polling places, LUCHA says their work paid off”, Thursday, November 5, 2026
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What happened

On Election Day in Arizona, LUCHA volunteers monitored polling sites for federal immigration enforcement while Arizonans cast their ballots in the midterms. About 70 volunteers were deployed to nine sites in Maricopa County and Tucson. No ICE agents were reported at polling locations, though ICE made arrests around noon at a shopping plaza parking lot near the polling site at Mesa Community College, with unmarked vehicles seen in the area beforehand.1

70
volunteers deployed1
nine
sites monitored in Maricopa County and Tucson1
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What Arizona voters should know

The arrests took place at a shopping plaza parking lot near a polling site, not at the polling location itself.1

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Sources

  1. KJZZ Politics, https://kjzz.org/fronteras-desk/2026-11-04/after-months-of-training-for-possibility-of-ice-at-polling-places-lucha-says-their-work-paid-off · Thursday, November 5, 2026

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