Under federal law, an official who orders, brings or keeps “troops or armed men” at a location where a general or special election is taking place can face up to five years in prison and disqualification from federal office.
  • mmcintyre@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Employees of ICE, just like the USDA and NASA, are all federal civic service workers. So my guess, as a non law-type person, is that phrasing in the law was written with all of them in mind.