William Mueller, a GOP activist in the Chicago area, said moves by Democratic officials to keep ICE away from polling locations ahead of the March 17 primary point to the real reason Democrats are pushing to protect fraudulent votes.
“One of the main reasons to deport illegals is because the Democrats need fraudulent votes to win,” Mueller told West Cook News. “That steals the ‘democracy’ that ‘progressives’ are so fond of from every legal voting age citizen.”
Several Democrat-led states have been advancing legislation to restrict or ban federal immigration enforcement near polling places, citing concerns about potential federal overreach in elections. Existing federal law already limits armed personnel at voting sites, and the Department of Homeland Security has stated there are no plans to deploy ICE to the polls, according to Stateline.
When questioned before Congress, ICE and Border Patrol leaders replied, “No, sir,” and DHS election integrity official Heather Honey stated, “It is simply not true” that agents would be stationed at the polls.
In DuPage County, Clerk Jean Kaczmarek issued a video warning that ICE agents would not be permitted to interfere with county elections in any way.
Kaczmarek followed with a press release declaring “ICE, go away. Do not even try. You will fail,” dismissing as a myth the idea that non-citizens cast ballots on Election Day.
She also established a hotline for residents to report ICE sightings and noted the county allows voters to cast ballots at any of its 248 polling locations through its “Vote Anywhere” system.
In Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson backed a proposal to establish “Democracy Zones” prohibiting immigration enforcement within 100 feet of polling locations.
Opponents, including 15th Ward Alderman Ray Lopez, said the plan was one that “seeks an answer to a problem that doesn’t exist” and raised potential First Amendment concerns.
“As much as the extreme Democratic Left and Socialists decried President Trump’s election loss conspiracies, they have proven no better,” Lopez told Chicago City Wire. “Actually, the Democratic logic is worse as it appears to build on the allegations of non-citizens participating in our American electoral process and needing protection from deportation.”
Mueller said the confusion over gender roles in society is bleeding into broader questions about leadership and direction in the country.
“There should be more men in leadership positions,” he said. “Men and women are confused about their roles.”
Kaczmarek’s warnings drew sharp criticism from conservative voices, with former state representative Jeanne Ives calling her “completely incompetent” and election integrity advocate Carol Davis saying Kaczmarek is “throwing red meat to the Democrat base because she is in jeopardy of losing her seat as county clerk.”
Social media critics questioned the logic of the effort.
“If illegals are not voting, then why would anyone care if ICE is near a polling place?” Libs of TikTok said on X.
Former GOP committeeman Terry Newsome flagged a voter registration error that nearly prevented him from casting a ballot, after all five members of his household had their last names entered incorrectly in the voter database as “Updatesome” instead of Newsome.
In 2025, the DuPage County Board censured Kaczmarek’s office over financial mismanagement, including delayed vendor payments, a budget shortfall, and a 40% increase in staff salaries over five years.
She is also currently under criminal investigation by the Illinois Attorney General’s Office for allegations including no-bid contracts totaling roughly $229,000 and mismanagement of election-related spending.
Kaczmarek was defeated in the Democratic primary on March 17, losing by a wide margin to Paula Deacon Garcia. Garcia received 54,761 votes compared to Kaczmarek’s 42,670, based on unofficial results with all precincts reporting.
Garcia will advance to the November general election, where she will face Republican Patricia Kladis-Schiappa, who ran unopposed in her party’s primary.
Mueller said voter roll problems are real and that election credibility is on the line.
“Terry Newsome is correct,” he said. “The voting rolls are loaded with names that do not belong. People know that if there is no significant voter roll cleanup and meaningful voter ID requirements, the little remaining faith in elections will disappear.”
Mueller is a GOP activist in the Chicago area who has publicly spoken out in local media on political and policy issues affecting Illinois.
