Federal distrust prompts some Democratic states to protect polling places, election records
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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Santa Fe, N.M., after signing legislation that bars federal immigration agents from election polling sites in New Mexico, in a step being considered by several other Democratic-led states. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)FILE - Border Patrol personnel deploy tear gas during a demonstration over the dozens detained in an operation by federal immigration authorities a day earlier, in Paramount, Calif., June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, File)FILE - The Department of Homeland Security logo during a news conference in Washington, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, left, speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Santa Fe, N.M., after signing legislation that bars federal immigration agents from election polling sites in New Mexico, in a step being considered by several other Democratic-led states. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Santa Fe, N.M., after signing legislation that bars federal immigration agents from election polling sites in New Mexico, in a step being considered by several other Democratic-led states. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)