Voting in America
A federal grand jury in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States returned indictments Friday on nineteen foreign nationals charged with voting fraud. Among them is Elizabeth Nene Amachaghi, 44, a Nigerian. They were accused of voting in the 2016 US election without being recognized as US citizens.
Wect.com reports that a 20th defendant is charged with aiding and abetting a fellow defendant in falsely claiming US citizenship in order to register to vote.
According to a US Department of Justice news release, the following foreign nationals are charged with false claim of United States citizenship in order to register to vote, and voting by an undocumented immigrant:
Jose Cruz Solano-Rodriguez, 41, of Mexico
Guadalupe Espinosa-Pena, 63, of Mexico
Sarah Emilia Silverio-Polanco, 35, of the Dominican Republic
Elizabeth Nene Amachaghi, 44, of Nigeria
Maria Rufina Castillo-Boswell, 31, Philippines
Dora Maybe Damatta-Rodriguez, 64, of Panama
Elvis David Fullerton, 54, of Grenada
Olive Agatha Martin, 71, of Guyana
Kaoru Sauls, 54, Japan
Charges of voting by an undocumented immigrant were filed against the following foreign nationals:
Jose Jaime Ramiro-Torres, 52, of El Salvador
Juan Francisco Landeros-Mireles, 64, Mexico
Alessandro Cannizzaro, 46, of Italy
Dieudonne Soifils, 71, of Haiti
Hyo Suk George, 69, of Korea
Merius Jean, 54, of Haiti
Rosemarie Angelika Harris, 60, of Germany
Daniel Tadeusz Romanowski, 39, of Poland
An eighteenth defendant, Diana Patricia Franco-Rodriguez, 26, of Mexico, is charged with fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents, and voting by an undocumented immigrant.
Denslo Allen Paige, 66, is charged with aiding and abetting Espinosa-Pena in falsely claiming United States citizenship in order to register to vote.
On Aug. 14, Ramon Esteban Paez-Jerez, 58, of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty to passport fraud and voting by an undocumented immigrant. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 11 in New Bern.
