DOJ has charged more noncitizen voting cases since September than Biden did in 4 years
by Stephen Dinan · The Washington TimesThe Department of Justice announced three more noncitizen voting cases in Louisiana on Monday.
They include a Cuban man, a Mexican woman and a Nicaraguan man, all legal permanent residents whom authorities said registered to vote and cast ballots in 2024. Under federal law, only citizens are eligible to vote in national elections.
The cases are part of a new focus by the Justice Department to expose and charge noncitizen voting.
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In addition to the three Louisiana cases, the Justice Department highlighted 10 other cases in Minnesota, two in Florida and one in Wisconsin, which had been previously announced by U.S. attorneys in those states.
All of those charged are described as legal permanent residents, meaning they have legal status but did not reach full citizenship, which is a requirement under federal law for voting in a congressional or presidential election.
Fifteen were charged with illegally voting in the 2024 presidential election, and one was charged with voting in 2022, the last midterm congressional election.
Since the start of September, the Justice Department has charged new cases at a rate of more than one per day.
By contrast, the Justice Department under the Biden administration brought just 13 cases over its four-year term.
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Among the cases is Andrea Catanese, a legal permanent resident who was arrested in Florida and charged with voting illegally in 2024. Prosecutors also charged him with lying during the citizenship process, when he denied having cast illegal votes.
In Louisiana, prosecutors charged Mexican citizen Zianya Yllaly Zamorano, Cuban national Pedro Pablo Ruiz and Nicaraguan native Dudley Francisco Zeledon.
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