The US Department of Justice said the illegal immigrant has agreed to plead guilty to charges related to stealing the identity of a US citizen. Vote in multiple elections and fraudulently obtained an American passport.
Angelica Maria Francisco, a 42-year-old undocumented individual who most recently resided in Russellville, Alabama, is facing a nine-count information filed in federal court for making false statements in an application for the United States, making false claims of citizenship in connection with voting. Passport, use of a United States passport obtained by false statements, and identity theft.
A plea agreement was also entered, indicating that Francisco agreed to plead guilty to all nine counts, the US Attorney for Northern District of Alabama Prim F. Escalona and Joseph R., in charge of the US State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) Atlanta Resident Office. Vysovathy made the announcement on Thursday.
Francisco is accused of impersonating a US citizen in or around 2011. Prosecutors say he used a false identity to obtain an American passport in 2011. She then allegedly used the passport to travel to her native Guatemala in 2012, 2015, and 2018. Using the same identity, she allegedly registered to vote in Alabama in 2016, before voting in the 2016 and 2020 primary and general elections.
Allen, a Republican, has made election integrity a top priority this cycle and previously sounded the alarm to Fox News Digital about how state agencies that receive federal funding are required under. Executive Order 14019 Sending voter registration information to anyone who comes in contact with those agencies without any verification of citizenship. President Biden signed the order in 2021 as a way to “promote access to voting,” but Republicans argue that its broad interpretation of the 1993 National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) essentially mobilizes the federal government’s apparatus to become voter registration agencies. .
At the Republican National Convention in July, Allen told Fox News Digital that he also spoke with House Speaker Mike Johnson about a piece of the legislation. Safeguard Americans’ Voter Eligibility (SAVE) ActIt aims to require states to obtain proof of citizenship – in person – when a person registers to vote and to require states to remove non-citizens from current voter rolls.
Last month, leading conservative Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Mike Lee, R-Utah, pushed to combine the SAVE Act. For cost bill extension To avoid a government shutdown at the end of the fiscal year.
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“Stopping new government spending in 2025 when we have a new president and attaching the SAVE Act avoids the House Republican Biden-Harris lame duck omnibus and secures our elections at the same time,” Rep. Ralph Norman, RS.C. It said. In a statement on Friday. “The Senate can either ensure that only eligible American citizens are voting in our elections — or shut down the government. To me, that’s a no-brainer.”
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