ICE HSI Arrests Mexican Alien for Illegally Voting in Past Elections

The suspect became a Lawful Permanent Resident under the Obama Administration

WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested a Mexican alien administratively charged with voter fraud after voting in past elections.

On September 3, HSI El Paso arrested Ludwig Uriel Espejo-Carrillo, an alien from Mexico, and administratively charged him with unlawful voting and false claim to U.S. citizenship after illegally voting in American elections in 2015. Espejo-Carrillo will remain in ICE custody pending removal from the United States.

Ludwig Uriel Espejo-Carrillo

"This alien from Mexico has been charged with unlawful voting and false claims to U.S. citizenship after illegally voting in American elections in 2015," said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. "This is what a threat to our republic looks like. We cannot and will not allow the votes of American citizens to be cancelled out by non-citizens illegally voting in our elections. Thanks to the hard work of the men and women of ICE, this criminal will be deported from the United States."

Espejo-Carrillo became a Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) under the Obama Administration in July 2013.

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