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Ten Noncitizens Arrested for Voting Illegally in North Carolina

HSI and the FBI arrested ten non-citizens in North Carolina on October 14 and 15, 2026, nine of them Lawful Permanent Residents and one an illegal alien from…

--- The context --- The right to vote on the leadership and legislation of America belongs only to American citizens, and that is the premise with which the Department of Homeland Security presented the case. The investigation was conducted jointly by Homeland Security Investigations, the investigative unit of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in North Carolina. --- The facts --- On October 14 and 15, 2026, ten non-citizens were arrested and accused of illegally voting in several United States elections. Nine were Lawful Permanent Residents and one was an illegal alien from El Salvador. All face charges of voting by alien in a federal election and, in most cases, of falsely claiming citizenship when registering or voting. The longest-running cases include a woman from Germany registered since 2004 who voted in eight general elections from 2004 to 2024 and in the 2008 primary, a man from Canada registered since 1998 who voted in six general elections between 1998 and 2024, and two people who each voted in seven general elections between 2008 and 2024. The Salvadoran man entered in July 2022 near El Paso, Texas, voted in the 2024 general election and faces an additional charge over a pistol found in his vehicle. --- The positions --- DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said, in terms attributed by the department, that the arrested aliens were charged with illegally voting in multiple elections and that only American citizens should be electing American leaders. Acting ICE Director David J. Venturella made a similar attributed point, describing the right to vote as fundamental for citizens and election integrity as a responsibility his agency takes seriously. --- What remains unknown --- The statement does not explain how each registration was detected, which court will hear each case or what procedural stage each arrested person now faces. It also does not say whether the flagged ballots were counted in official North Carolina results, or what review state authorities will conduct of registrations dating back to 1998, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009. --- Unanswered questions --- How did registrations opened in 1998 and 2004 pass screening for so long without anyone detecting the lack of citizenship earlier? What safeguards will North Carolina apply to verify eligibility without blocking registration by citizens fully entitled to vote? How many of the ten arrested people will ultimately be convicted, and how many will see their charges dismissed? Will the same cross-checking method used in this investigation be applied to other registrations? --- EPM analysis --- The case operates on two levels that should not be confused. On the criminal level there are ten concrete accusations, with names, registration dates, numbers of elections and the agencies that made each arrest, and a court will determine responsibility. On the administrative level, the early dates of several registrations raise a systems question, because some flagged voting was repeated for years across general elections, primaries and a special election in 2019. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the value of this operation lies in its verifiable detail rather than in any use of it as a slogan: ten specific people, registrations dating back to 1998 and 2004, and repeated voting in as many as eight general elections show both coordinated law-enforcement action and a prolonged failure of earlier detection. A serious response requires prosecuting each accusation with full guarantees and fixing the registration mechanism that allowed the irregularity to repeat for years without triggering any alarm in North Carolina.
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