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Criminal

Aug. 21, 2019

Mexican citizen voted illegally, backed Trump, prosecutors say

Prosecutors mined an extensive paper trail in federal court on Tuesday as they sought to show a Mexican national lived illegally as a U.S. citizen for more than 20 years and voted in elections.

SACRAMENTO -- Prosecutors mined an extensive paper trail in federal court on Tuesday as they sought to show a Mexican citizen lived illegally in the United States for more than 20 years and voted in elections.

In some ways the charges against the man who has been living as Hiram Velez fit with a narrative often pushed by conservatives: People in the country illegally are voting and helping Democrats win. But evidence presented by ...

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