The Department of Justice sent letters warning election officials across the country that the District of Columbia that they may face criminal prosecution over noncitizen voting.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a directive Monday ordering U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to pursue deportation against illegal immigrants who vote in American elections, citing existing law that has rarely been enforced.
Jose Ceballos-Armendariz, the former two-term mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, turned himself in to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the agency's Wichita office Wednesday, a month after pleading guilty to illegally voting in several American elections as a Mexican green card holder.
