Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin does not rule out deploying ICE agents to the polls in the midterm elections.

In an interview on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, Mullin doubled down on comments he made during his confirmation hearing about potentially sending ICE agents to the polls during what is expected to be a brutal midterm year for Republicans.

“At your hearing recently, you didn’t rule out sending ICE agents to the polls in the midterms. Are you willing to rule out sending ICE agents?” host Kasie Hunt asked.

“No, what I said is that we would only be there if a threat has arised —” Mullin responded.

“So, you’re not ruling it out?” Hunt pressed.

“No, keep in mind, why would ICE be there, because only people that should be voting there is American citizens. There shouldn’t be any immigration enforcement,” he answered.

Mullin added that even if ICE agents are deployed to the polls, it’d only be for law enforcement purposes if a “threat” arises, not for “voter identification.”

“If a threat were to arise, for whatever reason, at a polling station, say a bomb threat would be called in, our ICE agents are more than just immigration [and] custom[s] enforcement, they’re also trained to have [special response teams], which means that we can have an emergency team respond quickly.”

“The only reason why we would be there is not for voter identification, it’d be because a law enforcement is needed and the local law enforcement would be part of that conversation, so we wouldn’t show up on our own,” he added.

Trump administration allies have repeatedly floated the possibility of sending federal immigration agents to polling sites this fall, in line with the administration’s insistence, without evidence, that noncitizens are voting in droves in US elections.

It is illegal for ICE to be at or near the polls.