Five people have been federally charged with unlawfully casting ballots, falsifying citizenship status, fraudulently registering to vote, and aiding and abetting during the 2022 and 2024 elections. According to Fox News Digital, the charges are part of a multi-state Department of Justice probe that spans Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Wisconsin.
Among those charged are two illegal immigrants and two non-citizens with legal status. Some of the individuals involved could face more than a decade in prison if convicted on charges of providing a false statement of citizenship to vote and other election fraud-related offenses.
Fox News Digital obtained footage of the arrest of one individual named in the case, Katya Rodriguez, 30. Rodriguez is an illegal immigrant from Mexico living in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to illegally voting as an alien in the 2024 election. She faces allegations of providing a false statement of citizenship to vote, fraudulent registration, and voting as an alien. If convicted, she could face a maximum of 11 years in prison, a term of supervised release, and a fine.
The enforcement action comes as part of what the Trump administration has described as a nationwide push to pursue election-related crimes ahead of the 2026 midterms. Over the past year, the Justice Department has filed lawsuits against nearly 30 states to force the surrender of confidential voter rolls. The administration has also repurposed Homeland Security Investigations, an agency historically focused on cartels and terrorism, to lead the search for unlawfully registered non-citizens.
White House spokesperson Lauren Bis commented on the charges. "Despite the media and Democrats claiming it never happens, the evidence of non-citizens registering to vote in our elections continues to pile up," she told Fox News Digital. "Any non-citizens found registering to vote and voting in our elections will be held accountable. Only Americans should be electing American leaders."
The federal charges arrive just weeks after New Jersey officials disclosed a major state software error that mistakenly registered nearly 6,600 non-citizens to vote, with roughly 400 casting ballots. Homeland Security announced earlier this summer that an audit of public voter rolls identified more than 250,000 registered non-citizens across just four states: California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Nevada.
