The Trump Justice Department announced Friday that five individuals living in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Wisconsin have been charged in connection with alleged illegal voting or fraudulent voter registration during the 2022 and 2024 elections.
The defendants include two illegal aliens, two other foreign nationals, and one American citizen accused of helping his noncitizen wife unlawfully register and vote.
But Democrats and their media allies keep telling Americans that noncitizen voting is merely a “conspiracy theory.”
The latest federal charges tell a very different story.
Attorney General Todd Blanche declared, “Election fraud is a serious crime, and it is the duty of the Department of Justice to treat it as such.”
According to the Justice Department:
Middle District of Pennsylvania
Thomas Holtzman, 68, and his wife Marisol Guzman, 50, both of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to Guzman illegally voting as an alien in the 2024 election. Guzman was charged with voting as an alien. Holtzman, a U.S. citizen, was charged with false statement of citizenship in order to vote and aiding and abetting and fraudulent registration and aiding and abetting.
Katya Rodriguez, 30, an illegal alien from Mexico living in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to illegally voting as an alien in the 2024 election. Specifically, Rodriguez was charged with false statement of citizenship in order to vote, fraudulent registration, and voting as an alien.
If convicted, Holtzman faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a term of supervised release, and a fine. Guzman faces a maximum penalty of one year in prison, a term of supervised release, and a fine. Rodriguez faces a maximum penalty of 11 years in prison, a term of supervised release, and a fine. Any sentence would be imposed by a judge after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
HSI investigated the cases. Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Ford for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is prosecuting the cases.
District of New Jersey
Mercedes Alexandra Cardoso of Union County, New Jersey, was charged with voting by an alien in a federal election. According to the complaint, Cardoso was a non-citizen when she registered online via the New Jersey Division of Elections Online Voter Registration System. On her voter registration form she falsely certified and attested that she was a U.S. citizen, which is required to register to vote and vote in federal elections.
Cardoso allegedly cast a ballot in the June 2024 primary election, which included candidates who were vying for election for the office of President and Vice President of the United States. At the time she cast her ballot, Cardoso, who entered the United States from Ecuador on a B-2 visa, was not a U.S. citizen and was therefore not authorized to vote in federal elections.
If convicted of voting by an illegal alien, Cardoso faces a maximum penalty of one year in prison. She is scheduled to have an initial appearance on Sept. 8.
The FBI, HSI, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark J. McCarren for the District of New Jersey is prosecuting the case.
Western District of Wisconsin
Jesus Javier Jurado Garcia, 25, an illegal alien from Mexico living in Beloit, Wisconsin, was charged on Sept. 2, with illegally voting as an alien in the November 2022 election.
According to a criminal information, on Nov. 8, 2022, Jurado Garcia, knowing he was not a U.S. citizen, illegally voted in an election held in part for the purpose of electing a candidate for the offices of Member of the Senate and Member of the House of Representatives.
If convicted, Jurado Garcia faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison. Any sentence would be imposed by a judge after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
Five Charged in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Wisconsin with Illegally Voting, Fraudulent Registration in 2022 or 2024 Election
“The integrity of our elections, which are fundamental to democracy, should be of utmost importance to every American,” said @AGToddBlanche. “It is a… pic.twitter.com/11LzWQZl6X
— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) September 4, 2026
WATCH:
🚨 WOW! DHS agents have just arrested an illegal alien for voting in PENNSYLVANIA in the 2024 ELECTION
She was swiftly loaded up and hauled off. That thing Democrats say “doesn’t happen” KEEPS ON HAPPENING! 🤯
Katya Rodriguez is from Mexico and lives in Harrisburg PA. She was… pic.twitter.com/EpCjfmGD6q
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 5, 2026
These prosecutions come as the Trump administration intensifies its efforts to force states to maintain accurate voter rolls and prevent foreign nationals from participating in American elections.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Pennsylvania officials uncovered hundreds of noncitizens on the voter rolls in addition to thousands of previously flagged registrations.
The Gateway Pundit also reported in March that a nationwide DOJ review had allegedly uncovered tens of thousands of noncitizens on state voter rolls.
For years, Americans who demanded citizenship verification and clean voter rolls were smeared as “election deniers.”
Now federal prosecutors are charging noncitizens with doing exactly what the political establishment repeatedly insisted almost never happens.
All five defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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