{"id":2339280,"date":"2024-09-10T15:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T19:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-only-charged-35-aliens-with-illegal-voting-out-of-thousands\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T15:50:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T19:50:12","slug":"doj-only-charged-35-aliens-with-illegal-voting-out-of-thousands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-only-charged-35-aliens-with-illegal-voting-out-of-thousands\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Only Charged 35 Aliens With Illegal Voting Out Of Thousands"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-only-charged-35-aliens-with-illegal-voting-out-of-thousands%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2339280&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary discusses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-7-million-covid-vaccines-given-in-u-s-with-70-of-available-doses-unused\/\" title=\"6.7 million COVID Vaccines Given in U.S. With 70% of Available Doses Unused\">federal government&#8217;<\/a>s prosecution of non-citizen voting cases in the U.S. from 2001 to 2021, revealing only 35 cases handled by the\u2063 Department of Justice. This low\u200b number raises questions, especially given \u2063that thousands of non-citizens have been registered to vote, \u200dand many \u2063have cast ballots, according to \u2063reports. Hans von Spakovsky, a former \u200bJustice Department lawyer, criticized the current administration&#8217;s lack of effort \u200cin prosecuting non-citizens for voting fraud, suggesting that ideological biases may influence the enforcement of laws \u200cregarding \u200calien voting. He highlights an incident in Fairfax County, \u200cVirginia, where nearly\u200d 300 non-citizens were found on voter rolls, but no action was taken by\u200c the Justice Department \u2064when these cases were reported. Critics\u2063 argue that\u2063 despite claims from some media and organizations that non-citizen voting \u200cis rare, the influx of undocumented migrants and their ability to register \u2062to vote contradicts these assertions. Reports indicate a\u2062 record number of border encounters under\u200b the\u2064 current administration, prompting lawmakers to question the enforcement\u200c of laws against non-citizen voting. The Department \u200bof Justice has \u200cnot \u200bcommented on\u200c these inquiries, leading to further speculation about the motivation behind the\u200b low prosecution numbers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chelsea-clinton-appears-to-call-on-facebook-to-ban-tucker-carlson-post\/\" title=\"Chelsea Clinton Appears To Call On Facebook To Ban Tucker Carlson Post\">federal government decided<\/a> to only go after <a href=\"https:\/\/fccps.bjs.ojp.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">35 criminal<\/a> cases of aliens voting in American elections from 2001 to 2021 &mdash; the latest year for which data is available.<\/p>\n<p>The suspiciously low number of prosecutions contrasts with thousands thousands of aliens having been registered to vote in recent years, and at least hundreds being flagged to the Justice Department as having actually cast a ballot. This calls into question the political motivations of those responsible for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-law-allowing-late-ballots-to-be-counted-is-unconstitutional-lawsuit-alleges\/\" title=\"Lawsuit claims Nevada&#039;s late ballot counting law is unconstitutional\">upholding federal election laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I spent four years at the Justice Department as a career lawyer, and I can tell you that the career ranks of the Justice Department are filled with left-wing ideologues, and they just had no interest &mdash; they have no interest in going after aliens to prosecute them,&rdquo; Hans von Spakovsky, manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative at The Heritage Foundation, told The Federalist in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They think it is unfair that aliens can&rsquo;t register and vote. Plus, many of them thought, &lsquo;Well, if they&rsquo;re registering and voting, it will help our side,&rdquo; von Spakovsky continued. &ldquo;I think that&rsquo;s clearly the motivation here. That&rsquo;s why they weren&rsquo;t interested in pursuing these cases.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p>Screenshot of Bureau of Justice Statistics <a href=\"https:\/\/fccps.bjs.ojp.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">database<\/a> showing 35 prosecutions under 18 U.S.C. 611: Voting by Aliens from 2001 to 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Von Spakovsky spoke about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2024\/06\/06\/despite-liberals-hysterical-denial-aliens-are-registering-and-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his experience<\/a> as an election official in Fairfax County, Virginia, where his oversight in 2011 discovered nearly 300 aliens on the voter rolls in just that county alone. His research further revealed that 117 of them had actually voted.<\/p>\n<p>The Fairfax County election board reported its findings to the Justice Department&rsquo;s Public Integrity Section, which is responsible for prosecuting such crimes. At the time, that section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-mdtn\/pr\/doj-public-integrity-section-chief-take-number-two-post-us-attorneys-office-nashville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was headed by Jack Smith<\/a>, the same lawfare attorney appointed by Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/28\/jack-smith-indicts-trump-for-exercising-first-amendment-right-to-question-election-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">go after former President Donald Trump<\/a> for posing questions about the integrity of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We took them off the rolls and then sent them over to DOJ, and DOJ did absolutely nothing about it,&rdquo; von Spakovsky said. &ldquo;They just ignored them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite reporting these people to the Justice Department at the time, BJS data shows that from 2010 to 2012 zero cases were brought under <a href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?req=(title:18%20section:611%20edition:prelim)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">18 U.S.C. 611: Voting by Aliens<\/a>, a statute passed in the mid-1990s making it a crime for an alien to vote in federal elections.<\/p>\n<p>According to the database, 58 cases were closed from 2001 to 2022, the last year from which data is available. It is unclear how many cases were filed prior to 2001. The Justice Department did not respond to an inquiry from The Federalist.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/05\/us\/politics\/immigrant-noncitizen-voting-republicans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Corporate media outlets<\/a> and other left-wing organizations are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/08\/30\/nx-s1-5091032\/noncitizens-voting-election-gop-texas-tennessee-alabama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">insisting<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/voting-immigrants-noncitizen-trump-republicans-2024-1c65429c152c2a10514b5156eacf9ca7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increasing frequency<\/a> that foreign citizens are not voting in U.S. elections in significant numbers and that such instances are &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/our-work\/analysis-opinion\/noncitizen-voting-already-illegal-and-vanishingly-rare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vanishingly rare<\/a>.&rdquo; But the millions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-85-of-americans-underestimate-the-number-of-illegal-border-crossings-under-biden\/\" title=\"Poll: 85% Of Americans Underestimate The Number Of Illegal Border Crossings Under Biden\">illegal aliens pouring<\/a> into the country across its southern border and the tens of thousands who have been able to register to vote make the DOJ&rsquo;s prosecution numbers hard for many to believe, even with the apathy von Spakovsky noted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[T]he United States has experienced a record number of border encounters since President Biden took office &mdash; nearly 10 million &mdash; many of whom have been released into, or evaded apprehension while entering, the U.S.,&rdquo; a bicameral group of U.S. lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hagerty.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07.12.2024-DOJ-Garland-Non-citizens-Voting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> to Garland in July, asking about enforcement of 18 U.S.C. 611 since Biden took office. &ldquo;Plainly, there are opportunities for and instances of non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-congresswoman-sounds-alarm-over-potential-voter-registration-of-non-citizens\/\" title=\"NY congresswoman raises concern about possible voter registration of non-citizens\">-citizen voter registration<\/a>, and so the critical question is whether the laws against doing so are being enforced by your Department.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A congressional staffer told The Federalist that the DOJ did not respond to the lawmakers&rsquo; letter, an indication the DOJ continues to keep the members of Congress in the dark about enforcement numbers. The DOJ did not respond to multiple requests for comment and confirmation of the numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Gov. Glenn Youngkin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/media\/governorvirginiagov\/governor-of-virginia\/pdf\/eo\/EO-35-Comprehensive-Election-Security-Ensuring-Legal-Voters-and-Accurate-Counting---vF---8.7.24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> Virginia had removed 6,303 noncitizens from its voter rolls, who had either &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/news-releases\/2024\/august\/name-1031585-en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accidentally or maliciously<\/a>&rdquo; registered. Youngkin did not go into detail about whether those voters had ever voted, but his state was not the only one with thousands of noncitizens registered to vote.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the state of Pennsylvania admitted it had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2019\/jan\/30\/pennsylvania-11000-non-citizens-registered-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">registered<\/a> nearly 12,000 noncitizens to vote. The same year, Texas Secretary of State David Whitley had similarly found 95,000 noncitizens registered to vote, and further that 58,000 of them had voted at some point since 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, research group Just Facts published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justfacts.com\/news_non-citizen_voter_registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a> showing that between 10 percent and 27 percent of noncitizens, or about two to five million, are illegally registered to vote. For more election news and updates, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/electionbriefing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">electionbriefing.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Breccan F. Thies is an elections correspondent for The Federalist. He previously covered education and culture issues for the Washington Examiner and Breitbart News. He holds a degree from the University of Virginia and is a 2022 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow. You can follow him on X: @BreccanFThies.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, from 2001 to 2021\u2014the most recent year for which data is available\u2014the federal government pursued only 35 criminal cases involving aliens voting in U.S. elections. This surprisingly low figure stands in stark contrast to the thousands of aliens who have registered to vote in recent years, with at least hundreds identified by the Justice Department as having actually cast ballots. This discrepancy raises questions about the political motivations behind those enforcing federal election laws. <\/p>\n<p>Hans von Spakovsky, manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative at The Heritage Foundation and a former career lawyer at the Justice Department, stated in an interview with The Federalist that many within the department are left-leaning ideologues who lack interest in prosecuting aliens for voting violations. He suggested that some believe it is unjust for non-citizens not to be allowed to register and vote and may even think that their participation would benefit their political side.<\/p>\n<p>Von Spakovsky recounted his experience as an election official in Fairfax County, Virginia, where he discovered nearly 300 non-citizens on voter rolls during his oversight in 2011; among them, 117 had voted. He reported these findings to the Justice Department&#8217;s Public Integrity Section\u2014led at that time by Jack Smith\u2014yet no action was taken against those individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Despite reporting these cases back then, data from BJS indicates that between 2010 and 2012 there were no prosecutions under the statute prohibiting alien voting (18 U.S.C. \u00a7611), which was enacted in the mid-1990s. From 2001 through 2022 (the last year with available data), only a total of 58 cases were closed under this law; however, it remains unclear how many cases were initiated before this period.<\/p>\n<p>While corporate media outlets and various left-wing organizations increasingly assert that foreign citizens do not significantly participate in U.S. elections\u2014and label such occurrences as &#8220;vanishingly rare&#8221;\u2014the influx of millions of illegal immigrants across the southern border complicates this narrative for many observers.<\/p>\n<p>In July, a bipartisan group of lawmakers wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding enforcement actions related to non-citizen voter registration since President Biden took office amid record border encounters nearing ten million people\u2014a significant number potentially eligible for voter registration opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>A congressional staff member informed The Federalist that there has been no response from DOJ regarding this inquiry or other requests about enforcement statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that over six thousand noncitizens had been removed from state voter rolls due either to accidental or intentional registrations; however, he did not clarify whether any had voted previously. Other states have also reported similar issues: Pennsylvania acknowledged registering nearly twelve thousand noncitizens while Texas found around ninety-five thousand registered voters who were not citizens\u2014of whom fifty-eight thousand had voted since nineteen ninety-six.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, research organization Just Facts published findings suggesting between ten percent and twenty-seven percent of noncitizens\u2014or approximately two million to five million individuals\u2014are illegally registered to vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2339281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pexels-element5-1550337-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[5835,4035,7076,36406],"class_list":["post-2339280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-aliens","tag-charges","tag-doj","tag-illegal-voting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pexels-element5-1550337-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2339280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2339281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2339280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2339280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2339280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}