{"id":17690,"date":"2026-09-24T09:59:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17690"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T02:00:10","slug":"trump-ramps-up-noncitizen-voting-prosecutions-ahead-of-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17690","title":{"rendered":"Trump ramps up noncitizen voting prosecutions ahead of midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump\u2019s administration is ramping up criminal prosecutions of noncitizens accused of voting in US elections as he presses claims of widespread election \u200bfraud ahead of the November midterms.<br>The US Justice Department has brought criminal charges against about 20 people this month under a law criminalizing \u201cvoting by aliens\u201d, roughly \u200c13% of all prosecutions brought under the statute since it was enacted three decades ago, according to a Reuters review of court records and government statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260924095004.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260924095004.png 707w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260924095004-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br>The investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security has mobilized hundreds of agents in all 50 states to aid what a Justice Department official described as a \u201ctier-one priority for the attorney general and for the White House.\u201d<br>The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to \u200bdiscuss details of the investigations, said the pace of prosecutions would likely increase in the weeks leading up to the November 3 midterms, which will determine control of \u200bthe US Senate and House of Representatives.<br>The spate of recent cases is part of a long-running attempt by the Trump administration to demonstrate \u2060that voting by non-US citizens poses a major threat to the security of elections, despite studies showing the practice is rare.<br><br>Trump and his supporters say it is part of an \u200borganized conspiracy led by Democrats who hope to retake Congress. Trump is pushing Republicans in Congress to toughen up voting requirements.<br>Critics of the administration allege the claims are aimed at diminishing confidence in \u200bthe vote and potentially laying the groundwork to challenge election results, with polls showing Trump\u2019s Republican Party could face significant losses in November.<br>The rhetoric about noncitizen voting is &#8220;little by little eroding the trust of the public,\u201d Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar, a Democrat, told Reuters.<br>Trump administration officials have pointed to the recent cases to push back against Democratic criticism.<br>\u201cThe folks on the other side, the opponents of the president, \u200binsist this never happens,\u201d acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter told reporters on Tuesday. \u201cWhen you have dozens of cases that we brought just in the last few weeks, I think that \u200bdiscourages and defeats their characterization.\u201d<br>A Reuters review published in July found that prior to Trump\u2019s second term, federal prosecutions for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s administration is ramping up criminal prosecutions of noncitizens accused of voting in US elections as he presses claims of widespread election \u200bfraud ahead of the November midterms.The US Justice Department has brought criminal charges against about 20 people this month under a law criminalizing \u201cvoting by aliens\u201d, roughly \u200c13% of all prosecutions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1724,608,2680],"class_list":["post-17690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-trump","tag-up","tag-voting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - 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