The United States Justice Department announced on Monday, October 19, that two Indian nationals were arrested in California over the weekend for alleged fraudulent voter registration.
The DOJ said that he is seeking to become a US citizen but allegedly fraudulently registered to vote, first in the December 2022 midterm elections, and then the November 2024 general election. The DOJ alleged that Shah registered and cast a ballot in the 2024 US elections. On Monday, the Justice Department said that it has arrested 113 people in 20 states over the last seven weeks for alleged fraudulent voter registration. At least 50 of them were charged with voting as non-citizens.
They face various criminal charges related to citizenship fraud, including registering on the electoral rolls in California despite being non-citizens. Kaur was identified as a resident of Rancho Palos Verdes in Los Angeles County, California. Kamlesh Navnitlal Shah was identified as a resident of Sacramento, California. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli alleged “California is mailing ballots to noncitizens, and they are refusing to comply with federal law, which makes it a crime for noncitizens to vote. The voting rights of American citizens must be protected.
The DOJ said that all 28 arrested are “g reen card ” holders. “Each of the 28 defendants charged today appears on the list of more than 20,000 likely noncitizen registrants we provided to California election officials last week,” a quote from California’s Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter included in the DOJ statement read.
