Border czar Tom Homan said there is no plan for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to conduct a broad “sweep” of polling locations during the November midterm elections, addressing concerns that immigration agents could be used at voting sites.

“There’s no plan to sweep polling locations,” Homan said, according to the Washington Examiner. He said ICE will not be deployed to polling places for the purpose of locating and arresting people who are in the country illegally.

The statement comes as Democratic organizations and voting-rights groups prepare for possible federal involvement around Election Day. The Associated Press reported Monday that Democratic state parties and activist groups have launched the “New Battlefield Project,” which aims to recruit 10,000 volunteers to monitor polling places and prepare for potential disputes involving federal authorities.

The concern has also led Denver and several voting-rights organizations to file a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent armed ICE officers from being stationed at or patrolling polling places during the midterms. The lawsuit argues that such a deployment would violate a federal law restricting the presence of armed federal forces at federal election sites.

Homan’s comments come amid a broader dispute over the Trump administration’s approach to federal election rules. President Donald Trump has sought changes involving voter citizenship verification and mail-in voting, while the administration has argued that the measures are intended to strengthen election security.

The administration’s mail-ballot rules have faced multiple legal challenges. On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected the administration’s request to allow a new Postal Service rule governing mail-in ballots to take effect before the midterms. The rule would have required states to provide voter lists and use USPS-approved envelopes with unique barcodes.

The Justice Department is also preparing to deploy approximately 1,000 election monitors nationwide during the midterms. The department has said the monitors will observe election procedures and investigate potential voting-rights violations or election fraud rather than intervene in the voting process.

With the Nov. 3 midterms approaching, immigration enforcement and federal election policies remain subjects of political and legal disputes. Homan’s latest statement specifically addresses the concern over ICE at polling places, saying the agency has no plan to conduct a coordinated sweep of voting locations.