Department of Justice prosecutors charged 16 individuals with fraudulent registration and illegal voting in federal elections across the U.S. The defendants, who include lawful permanent residents and undocumented immigrants, face charges ranging from unlawful voting and false claims of citizenship to wire fraud and passport fraud. One individual, a DACA recipient from Venezuela, allegedly voted 9 times between 2008 and 2024.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin reports 1,620 open cases of suspected voter fraud and 151 arrests resulting from the comparison of federal immigration records with state voter data. This system connects two government databases that historically functioned separately to identify noncitizens on registration rolls. A database match alone does not prove an illegal vote, and investigators must verify individual cases to secure prosecutions.