00:18let me be unmistakably clear illegal voting in our federal elections is a crime falsely claiming
00:26U.S. citizenship is a crime and both will be prosecuted every single time in this district
00:35federal elections belong to American citizens period anyone who is not a citizen and who chooses
00:43to cast a ballot or claim citizenship falsely is breaking the law we cannot and will not allow that
00:53to stand when individuals intentionally violate the rules that safeguard our democracy
01:01then that weakens every lawful vote cast by our great citizens over the past week six defendants
01:09by my office were indicted and another charged by criminal complaint arrests have already been
01:15executed as of this morning we got the last individual and illegal from mexico
01:23the announced charges include voting by an alien in a federal election falsely claiming U.S.
01:29citizenship to register to vote as well as making false statements in naturalization applications
01:37here are some of the facts several defendants knowingly and deliberately lied on voter registration
01:43forms provisional voter affidavits and even driver's license applications by falsely claiming to be in
01:51fact U.S. citizens multiple multiple defendants unlawfully cast ballots in the november 2024 election
02:00one defendant defendant alba who is an illegal alien from mexico who was previously deported
02:07and a convicted felon for passport fraud yes previously a convicted felon voted illegally in the 2024 election
02:16and also lied on a federal form and in other cases even when provisional ballots were ultimately rejected
02:23the act of casting them were still unlawful under texas and federal law this conduct is not a
02:30misunderstanding it is not a paperwork error it is a deliberate decision to engage in criminal conduct
02:38that targets the foundation of a republic
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