2026-10-23
Department of Homeland Security investigators arrested Omar Muñoz at his home in Commerce, California, early Monday over allegations that the 72-year-old lawful permanent resident fraudulently registered to vote and made false statements in a citizenship application in which he claimed never to have voted. A DHS agent alleges that he cast ballots several times since 2020, and the Justice Department later posted an edited video of the arrest that legal experts criticized as partisan publicity before he had been indicted.
2026-10-19
The US Department of Justice filed criminal charges Monday against 28 green card holders in California accused of fraudulently registering to vote and casting illegal ballots. The defendants are lawful permanent residents who are not citizens authorized to vote, and prosecutors said 21 of the 28 cast unlawful ballots. The charges are the latest escalation in the federal government's ongoing efforts against alleged noncitizen voting weeks before the November midterm elections.
2026-10-09
The Justice Department has charged more than 60 people in a pre-midterm push to prosecute noncitizens for illegal voting, with senior department officials directing prosecutors to file as many cases as possible before November's elections, people familiar with the process said. The push reflects priorities set by President Trump, who has alleged U.S. elections are vulnerable to widespread fraud, particularly illegal voting by people who are not citizens.