Kansas Senator Roger Marshall voted against requiring federal officers at protests to show their agency and identifier, against requiring a governor's consent before National Guard troops patrol a state, and against body cameras for immigration agents. He voted to confirm the Homeland Security secretaries whose agencies claimed authority to monitor protester networks, including U.S. citizens, and searched a congresswoman's home.
Marshall also voted to confirm the Justice Department leaders who indicted the President's critics, among them, with a deciding vote, Todd Blanche, and Jeanine Pirro, whose office investigated six Democratic lawmakers over a video. In southwest Kansas, during the September 2026 ICE operation, Liberal's vice mayor said officers were demanding proof of immigration status during traffic stops and from employees entering beef processing plants.
Roger Marshall's Votes on Federal Agents, Protesters and Prosecutions of Critics
- Marshall Voted to Confirm the Homeland Security Secretaries Whose Agencies Monitored Protesters and Searched a Congresswoman's Home. Roger Marshall voted to confirm Kristi Noem in January 2025 and Markwayne Mullin in March 2026 to lead the Department of Homeland Security. ICE leadership claimed authority to use all available tools to monitor and investigate anti-ICE protester networks, including U.S. citizens, Brookings reported. Under Mullin, Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a court-approved search warrant at Omar's home, 22 days before the election, after Mullin said his department was investigating issues surrounding Representative Ilhan Omar. ProPublica has counted 506 U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents.
- Marshall Voted to Confirm the Justice Department Leaders Who Prosecuted Trump's Critics. Marshall voted to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general on February 4, 2025, and Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general on March 5, 2025 and as attorney general on August 8, 2026, when the 50-49 vote needed his yes. Under them the department indicted James Comey and Letitia James, and a judge tossed both cases after finding the prosecutor unlawfully appointed. Protect Democracy found that "Most of those cases have failed".
- Marshall Voted to Confirm the Prosecutor Who Investigated Six Democratic Lawmakers Over a Video. On August 2, 2025, Marshall voted to confirm Jeanine Pirro as U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. Her office investigated Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin and five other Democratic lawmakers over a video telling troops they may refuse unlawful orders, and after a grand jury on Tuesday declined to indict Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin in February 2026, Pirro dropped the investigation.
- Marshall Voted Against Barring Federal Officers at Protests From Hiding Their Identities in October 2025. On October 9, 2025, Marshall voted no on Senator Jeff Merkley's amendment requiring federal officers doing crowd control to show their agency and identifier and providing that they may not tape over or otherwise obscure or conceal the identifying information. It failed 47-50. In an arrest a federal judge later ruled unlawful in Iowa, "No identification was made" by the ICE agents, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported.
- Marshall Voted Against Requiring a Governor's Consent Before Guard Troops Patrol a State in October 2025. On October 9, 2025, Marshall voted against Senator Chris Van Hollen's amendment requiring the consent of the chief executive officer of a state for certain full-time National Guard duty there, and against Senator Tammy Duckworth's amendment limiting support by the armed forces to civilian law enforcement without notice to Congress. Both failed. National Guard troops have patrolled Washington, D.C. since August 2025, at a peak of about 5,000, the Associated Press reported.
- Marshall Voted Against Body Cameras for Immigration Agents in June 2026. On June 5, 2026, Marshall voted no on an amendment to buy body-worn cameras for immigration officers and make the footage available to the people filmed. It failed 46-53. Alex Pretti was fatally shot while filming an immigration operation in Minneapolis in January 2026.
What the ICE Operation Under the Officials Roger Marshall Confirmed Meant for Southwest Kansas
- Traffic-stop checks in southwest Kansas. During the September 2026 operation, federal officers arrested people after demanding proof of immigration status during traffic stops and from employees entering beef processing plants, Liberal Vice Mayor Janeth Vazquez told the Kansas Reflector. She said, "They were racially profiling people and targeting people of color", and that "People were terrified to leave their homes."
Frequently Asked Questions About Roger Marshall on Civil liberties
What is Roger Marshall's record on civil liberties under Trump?
Roger Marshall voted against identification requirements, body cameras and a governor's-consent rule for federal forces, and voted to confirm the Homeland Security and Justice Department leaders who monitored protesters, searched a congresswoman's home and indicted the President's critics in cases that mostly failed. In southwest Kansas, a local official said ICE officers demanded proof of status during traffic stops in September 2026.
Did Roger Marshall vote to require federal agents to show identification?
No. Roger Marshall voted on October 9, 2025 against Senator Merkley's amendment requiring federal officers doing crowd control to display their agency and an identifier, which failed 47-50. The amendment would also have barred officers from taping over or concealing that information.
How did Roger Marshall vote on limits to National Guard deployments in states?
Roger Marshall voted against requiring a governor's consent before certain full-time National Guard duty in a state, which failed 47-50, and against limiting military support to civilian law enforcement without notice to Congress, which failed 46-52. Both votes came on October 9, 2025, two months after Guard troops began patrolling Washington.
Last updated: 2026-10-25