DOJ CHARGES 28 NONCITIZENS, GOP FIGHTS TO HOLD MIDTERMS | JUST THE NEWS - NO NOISE
Federal agents arrested 11 of 28 lawful permanent residents in California on Monday as part of Operation Protect the Vote. All face charges tied to fraudulent voter registration or casting ballots while noncitizens, including false statements on naturalization applications. The cases sit on a broader federal list of roughly 20,000 likely noncitizens the Justice Department provided to the state last week, prompting a lawsuit to pause counting of related mail ballots ahead of the November 3 midterms.
California officials have maintained that noncitizen voting is exceedingly rare and that…
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