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DOJ Rushes to Block California From Counting 20,000 Ballots Tied to Suspected Noncitizens Before Votes Are Mixed Forever

The Justice Department is seeking an emergency order from the Ninth Circuit to stop California from counting mail-in ballots linked to more than 20,000 people federal investigators have flagged as likely noncitizens, warning that once the ballots are separated from their envelopes, the damage cannot be undone.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli and Attorney General Todd Blanche are leading the effort after a district court did not act on their earlier request to review the citizenship of individuals believed to be noncitizens.

The motion names California, Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, and Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan as defendants and seeks a ruling by Saturday.

California and Weber oppose the request.

Federal officials say U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Homeland Security Investigations reviewed California voter registration data against federal immigration records and identified more than 20,000 registered voters who received mail ballots and are considered highly likely to be noncitizens.

Federal law, of course, bars noncitizens from voting in federal elections.

Essayli told Fox News that the 20,000 figure is the floor and that more names are expected.

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How the DMV Enabled Voter Fraud in California

California’s long-term shift from a competitive or Republican-leaning state to a Democratic stronghold has been driven primarily by demographic change through immigration.

In 2018, more than one million illegal immigrants received driver’s licenses from the California DMV, which automatically registered them to vote under the new “Motor Voter” program.

Alex Padilla was California Secretary of State.

Back in 2015, Padilla told the Los Angeles Times, “At the latest, for the 2018 election cycle, I expect millions of new voters on the rolls in the state of California,” with “new voters” code for ineligible voters. Remember what happened in 2018?

AB 60 by former Democrat Assemblyman Luis Alejo, was just one of the many attempts over the past decade to authorize illegal immigrants with driver’s licenses. Alejo said AB 60 would reduce fatal crashes and improve public safety. AB 60 followed another law from 2012, AB 2189, which granted California driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants who came to California as children.

AB 60 was similar to bills authored by former Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, a Los Angeles Democrat, to give illegal immigrants the legal right to drive in California. Cedillo tried unsuccessfully seven or eight times to get his bill passed, but not without a fight. Cedillo’s bill was passed by the Legislature three times, but vetoed twice by then-Gov. Gray Davis.

Davis finally signed one of Cedillo’s bills in 2003, and it became an issue during his historic recall election. Davis was hammered on the issue by candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was elected to replace Davis. The Legislature then signed a repeal of the bill, and Schwarzenegger signed it into law.

Republican lawmakers said the 50 individual states should not be writing piecemeal immigration laws, as it is something Congress needs to handle at the federal level.

Not one lawmaker could answer how does a state government provide a document to drive legally, if the person came here illegally?

But even before then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 60 in 2013 to require California DMV offices to issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, the fix was in.

Longtime Democratic political consultant and lobbyist with deep United Farm Workers ties (he worked with Cesar Chavez), Richie Ross openly boasted of targeting the Latino community’s fear of anti-illegal immigration measures, to drive the community even further into the arms of the Democratic Party, I explained in my book co-authored with attorney James Lacy, “California’s War Against Donald Trump; Who Wins? Who Loses?”

Ross, and now-State Senator Maria Elena Durazo, who once led the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, a group of self-proclaimed socialist and Communist California labor officials, and Democrat Party operatives created a program in the 1990s to target Latinos and immigrants, illegal and legal, to permanently drive California politics far to the left. They tripled registered Latino voters, increased the Democrat share of that vote substantially, and roughly doubled Latinos’ share of total votes cast in California.

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10 Foreign Nationals Arrested for Illegally Voting in Swing State North Carolina

Federal agents have arrested 10 foreign nationals in North Carolina this month, accusing them of illegally voting in several of the nation’s elections in recent years, Breitbart News has learned.

According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), nine green card holders and one illegal alien were arrested on October 14 and 15 and charged with illegally voting in federal elections.

“These aliens have been arrested and charged with illegally voting in multiple elections,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement. “They knowingly violated our laws. Now, thanks to the devoted patriots of HSI and our partners at the Department of Justice, these aliens will have to answer for violating the sacred right of Americans to elect their own leadership.”

Those foreign nationals arrested and charged are:

Edduard Omar Majano-Sosa, an illegal alien from El Salvador, charged with false claim to citizenship for illegally registering to vote in 2024 and voting by an alien. He illegally voted in the 2024 general election. He illegally entered the United States in July 2022 near El Paso, Texas, and was RELEASED into the country by the Biden Administration. He was arrested by HSI on October 15, 2026. He is facing an additional charge of prohibited person with a firearm for a pistol that was found in his vehicle during the arrest.

Karl Paul Fout, an alien from Germany, charged with false claim to citizenship for illegally registering to vote in 2008 and voting by an alien. He illegally voted in SEVEN general elections from 2008 to 2024. Fout’s criminal history includes prior convictions for TWO counts of possession of marijuana and cocaine with intent to sell and deliver and possession of cocaine. He was arrested by HSI Cary on October 15, 2026. He was lawfully admitted to the United States in February 1960.

Lawton Caswell Broomfield E McKenzie, an alien from Jamaica, charged with false claim to citizenship for registering to vote in 2007 and 2012 and voting by an alien. He illegally voted in THREE general elections between 2012 and 2024. McKenzie’s criminal history also includes convictions for manufacturing, possession, or distribution of controlled substances and arrests for disorderly conduct while intoxicated by alcohol or drugs, battery, disturbing the peace, trespassing, communicating threats, assault, and driving while impaired. He was arrested by ICE on October 15, 2026. He was lawfully admitted to the United States in November 1986.

Lionel Paul, an alien from Haiti, charged with false claim to citizenship for registering to vote in 2024 and voting by an alien. He illegally voted in the 2024 general election. He was arrested by HSI Cary on October 15, 2026. Paul’s criminal history also includes arrests for fleeing/eluding arrest with a motor vehicle and assault. He became an LPR in October 2018.

James Edward Herrmann, an alien from Germany, charged with false claim to citizenship for registering to vote in 2018 and voting by an alien. He illegally voted in TWO general elections between 2018 and 2024. Herrmann’s criminal history also includes a conviction for larceny. He was arrested by the FBI on October 14, 2026. He was lawfully admitted to the United States in December 1983.

Ramona Abreu-Exia, an alien from Germany, charged with false claim to citizenship for illegally registering to vote in 2004 and voting by an alien. She illegally voted in EIGHT general elections from 2004 to 2024, as well as in the 2008 primary election. She was arrested by the FBI on October 14, 2026. She was lawfully admitted to the United States in October 1977.

Mervin Sylvester Bogle, an alien from Jamaica, charged with falsely claiming citizenship to vote. He illegally registered to vote in 2024, and illegally voted in THREE general elections between 2008 and 2024. He was arrested by the FBI on October 15, 2026. He was lawfully admitted to the United States in February 1981.

Robert Harold Corbett, an alien from Canada, charged with false claim to citizenship for registering to vote in 1998 and voting by an alien. He illegally voted in SIX general elections between 1998 and 2024. He was arrested by the FBI on October 14, 2026. He was lawfully admitted to the United States in December 1963.

Ludgardys Olena Matthews, an alien from Panama, charged with false claim to citizenship for registering to vote in 2009 and voting by an alien. She illegally voted in THREE general elections between 2018 and 2024, as well as in the 2020 primary election. She was arrested by HSI Cary on October 15, 2026. She was lawfully admitted to the United States in October 1986 and was granted LPR status in September 2015 under the Obama Administration.

Gjina Gojcaj McDonald, an alien from Montenegro, charged with false claim to citizenship for illegally registering to vote in 2008 and voting by an alien. She illegally voted in SEVEN general elections from 2008 to 2024, as well as in the 2012 primary election and the 2019 special election. She was arrested by the FBI on October 14, 2026. She was lawfully admitted to the United States in February 1969.

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director David Venturella said the arrests send a message that “election laws are not optional, and those who violate them will be held accountable.”

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Katie Hobbs Canvassers Busted by Muckraker Trying to Register Felons and Noncitizens to Vote – Hobbs RUNS When Confronted!

Muckraker on Thursday published an election report out of Arizona, using undercover reporters to catch the Democratic Party, nonprofit groups, and labor unions backing Incumbent Governor Katie Hobbs, attempting to illegally register noncitizens and felons to vote.

Muckraker caught multiple Democrat organizations allowing blatant voter fraud.

These suspect groups were caught attempting to register noncitizens to vote and mobilizing noncitizens and felons to vote in the upcoming election.

When Katie Hobbs was confronted with the findings, she ran away from questions.

Muckraker posted their latest investigation on Thursday.

Per Muckraker:

Here’s what we found:

Stand Indivisible Arizona (endorsed Gov. Hobbs in their 2026 ballot guide) — Our journalist posed as a Canadian citizen and asked to register to vote. The canvasser not only agreed to help the alleged non-citizen register, but when asked whether other Canadians could register too, she said, “Tell them to do it online.”

Worker Power (working to re-elect Gov. Hobbs) — Our journalist told a canvasser they were not a U.S. citizen. Despite this, at our journalist’s request, the canvasser marked “yes” on the citizenship question of the voter registration form.

When We Count (the DNC’s own registration program) — Our journalist posed as a felon on probation and asked to register to vote. The canvassers looked up the law and saw that a felon on probation is ineligible. Even so, they encouraged our journalist to register: “You should just do it.”

AFL-CIO (phone bank mobilizing voters for Gov. Hobbs) — Our undercover journalist asked a phone bank trainer whether to ask the people being called if they’re citizens. The trainer’s answer: “We don’t care.”

First, Muckraker caught a volunteer for Stand Indivisible Arizona, a liberal nonprofit group backing Hobbs and other Democrats’ campaigns, attempting to register a journalist posing as a Canadian citizen, as well as his Canadian friends at a voter registration drive at Paradise Valley Community College in Phoenix.

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Trump DOJ Takes California to Task After State Admits in Court They Have No Way of Verifying Citizenship Beyond What Voters Attest – Newsom’s Office Responds

California admitted in federal court that the state has no way of verifying citizenship beyond what voters attest.

First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli took California to task on Tuesday afternoon following the damning admission.

Via Bill Essayli: Massive concession: Los Angeles election officials just told a federal court they have no independent way to verify citizenship beyond what voters attest. (They simply take their word for it.) Under federal law, only citizens may vote in federal elections. Yet California has not acted on the list of 20,000 suspected noncitizens or agreed to set aside their ballots. American citizens’ votes are being diluted in California.

Newsom’s office responded to Bill Essayli and mocked his position as the First Assistant US Attorney.

Bill Essayli hit back at Newsom’s office by citing federal law.

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‘Operation Protect The Vote’: Feds Arrest 28 Foreign Nationals In California Monday For Illegal Voting

Federal agents arrested more than two dozen foreign nationals across California on Monday, for fraudulently registering and voting in U.S. elections.

Specifically, the 28 suspects are being charged with a combination of illegal voting, making a false claim of U.S. citizenship in order to vote, and “knowingly depriving the residents of California of a fair and impartial election process,” Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter announced at a news conference in Los Angeles.

The statewide sweep was executed by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and other federal law enforcement agencies as part of “Operation Protect the Vote.”

“This operation marks an important step in ongoing efforts to investigate election-related crimes. HSI will continue to investigate alleged voter fraud and hold those responsible accountable under the law,” HSI stated on X.

Operation Protect the Vote spans all four federal judicial districts in the state, with Homeland Security Investigations leading the coordinated arrests. One prominent case involves Alexander Muñoz, a 72-year-old Belizean national in Commerce, CA, who allegedly claimed U.S. citizenship in 2019 to register and subsequently voted in 2020, 2022, and 2024.

The crackdown follows a DOJ lawsuit filed against California on October 15 after state officials refused to review a list of over 20,000 suspected noncitizens on voter rolls within a 48-hour deadline. While federal prosecutors assert these arrests confirm widespread noncitizen voting, California Governor Gavin Newsom and state election officials dispute the scale of the issue, characterizing the federal intervention as an attempt to bully and suppress voters ahead of the November 3 midterm election.

Bill Essayli, the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, warned last week that California election workers could face criminal liability under federal aiding-and-abetting laws if they knowingly process unlawful ballots, asserting that the state would be facilitating a violation of federal law.

President Donald Trump issued his own warning on Friday, advising California election officials they could face lengthy prison sentences if they count ballots cast by suspected illegal aliens and noncitizens in the upcoming midterm elections.

“They will all go to jail for a long period of time!!!” Trump declared Friday on Truth Social, sharing a DOJ letter warning to Los Angeles County officials.

During the press conference Monday, McCotter announced that that the Justice Department had just filed a motion for emergency relief in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, asking  the Court to grant its motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) and a preliminary injunction and set aside and segregate the ballots of the 20,000+ individuals until it can be determined that they are U.S. citizens.

“They are on California’s voter roll, and therefore already have, or soon will receive a mail-in ballot,” McCotter told reporters.

Essayli stated that Monday’s arrests confirm federal suspicions that noncitizens are voting in California elections, which he noted is  “unconstitutional and illegal.

“In the last seven weeks alone, the Department of Justice has charged 113 aliens across twenty states with illegal voting and registration offenses,” Essayli said. “Since the beginning of the Trump administration, the DOJ has charged 156 people with voter fraud-related offenses.”

Essayli said the Justice Department is “investigating thousands more similar cases throughout the nation.”

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DOJ Takes Emergency Action Against California in Fight to Stop State from Counting 20,000 Ballots Given to Non-Citizens

The Justice Department on Monday asked the Court for an emergency restraining order against California, requiring the state to immediately set aside the 20,000 ballots sent to non-citizens.

On Friday, the DOJ put California on notice and vowed to prosecute election officials who tabulate unlawful ballots.

“California on Notice: Federal agencies identified over 20,000 suspected noncitizens registered to vote in California who have already been mailed ballots,” First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli said on Friday.

“Under 18 U.S.C. §§ 611 and 2, officials who knowingly tabulate unlawful ballots risk aiding and abetting a federal offense. The Justice Department urges the County and the Secretary of State to temporarily segregate the flagged ballots pending citizenship verification or face legal consequences,” Bill Essayli said.

On Monday, the DOJ requested a restraining order to immediately separate the 20,000 ballots.

“Once illegally cast ballots are counted and commingled with lawful votes, the resulting harm may be impossible to remedy. The urgency is heightened because of the fundamental right to vote and to have one’s lawful vote counted without dilution,” the DOJ said in its request for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), according to Fox News.

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University of Michigan voting hub where foreign student illegally voted remains active

The location where a student illegally voted at the University of Michigan in the last election remains active heading into this month’s midterm voting, prompting some election integrity concerns.

In 2024, 19-year-old Chinese national Haoxiang Gao was charged with voting illegally in the 2024 presidential election at a voting site set up in the university’s Museum of Art. He has since fled the country.

Currently the museum is listed as one of two “Campus Voting Hubs,” where early voting will start Oct. 21 and run through Nov. 1 and will be open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

The University of Michigan’s media relations division did not respond to requests from The College Fix asking what measures have been taken to ensure that no illegal voting occurs at the museum site again.

As The College Fix previously reported, Gao had allegedly registered and voted at the University of Michigan under lax procedures around same-day and early voting opportunities. He signed the voter registration application stating he was a U.S. citizen, according to the feds.

Jason Rogers, chairman of the Washtenaw County GOP, told The College Fix that “Michigan’s rules make incidents like the Gao case (and similar problems) too easy.”

“Same-day registration relies mostly on someone simply checking a box saying they’re a citizen, with no documentary proof of citizenship required,” he said via email.

“On top of that, a student only needs 30 days of residency to register at a campus address. They can vote absentee or early in their home state and then register and vote here with almost no real-time check that they haven’t already voted elsewhere.”

Rena Basch, director of elections for Washtenaw County, did not respond to a request from The College Fix asking what measures they are taking to ensure illegal voting does not occur at the University of Michigan’s polling sites during the current election cycle.

Michigan has one of the most high-profile and hotly contested U.S. Senate races in the nation, with Democrat Abdul El-Sayed running against Republican Mike Rogers. The polls show El-Sayed with a slight lead among likely voters in what is perhaps the most-watched race in the country, with implications for control of the Senate and the future of the Democratic Party.

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Wisconsin Elections Commission Sparks Uproar After Banning ALL Municipal Clerks from Checking If Voters are U.S. Citizens – Ruling Comes Days Before Critical Gubernatorial Election

The steal is apparently underway in Wisconsin as Badger State voters are about to decide who their next governor will be.

As the Wisconsin State Journal reported, the Wisconsin Elections Commission ruled Friday that the state’s 1,800 municipal clerks are barred from using President Donald Trump’s federal voter database intended to flag noncitizen voters.

The commission, which is made up of both Republicans and Democrats, claimed that using Trump’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database would be “impossible” because state law bars clerks from sharing voters’ personal information.

Moreover, members of the commission say that Wisconsin’s law overrides the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling earlier this month, which allowed the Trump administration to create the database.

This ruling comes 18 days before Wisconsin voters decide whether they want to elect Republican Tom Tiffany or leftist Democrat David Crowley. The latest polls show Crowley with a small lead.

Americans were not buying the Commission’s reasoning and cried fraud.

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Justice Department Vows to Prosecute California Election Officials Who Tabulate Unlawful Ballots

The Department of Justice has warned California election officials that they could face criminal prosecution if they knowingly count ballots cast by non-citizens, escalating a dispute over voter eligibility ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

In an October 16 letter, Acting Deputy Attorney General R. Trent McCotter warned Los Angeles County officials that knowingly facilitating unlawful voting on Election Day, November 3, could expose election workers to federal criminal liability, according to The Associated Press, which obtained the letter. The warning followed a lawsuit the DOJ filed on October 15 seeking to block California from counting ballots associated with approximately 20,000 people whom federal authorities have identified as non-citizens.

“If persons knowingly tabulate ballots cast by individuals identified by federal agencies as noncitizens, they risk becoming aiders and abettors to a federal crime,” the DOJ warned.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli reiterated the demand on October 16, urging California Secretary of State Shirley Weber and Los Angeles County officials to segregate the flagged ballots pending citizenship verification. President Donald Trump backed the DOJ’s warning on Truth Social, writing, “They will all go to jail for a long period of time!!!”

The DOJ’s lawsuit requests a federal judge to prevent California from tabulating the disputed ballots until federal officials verify the voters’ citizenship. According to the complaint, federal agencies compared voter-registration records with citizenship information to stop resident aliens from illegally voting in the midterms.

California’s automatic mail-ballot system facilitates unlawful voting by sending ballots to registered voters who may be ineligible to participate in federal elections.

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