Speaker Johnson slams Dems after noncitizens were charged with illegally voting in battleground state

House Speaker Mike Johnson slammed Democrats Thursday implicit predetermination information aft noncitizens were charged with illegally voting successful Michigan, informing that akin cases crossed the state airs a increasing menace to the integrity of American elections.

"From New Jersey to Michigan, the grounds continues to mount: Illegal aliens are registering and VOTING successful American elections," Johnson said successful a station shared connected X.

"Democrats cognize this — which is wherefore they privation OPEN BORDERS and OPPOSE elector ID" helium added earlier stating that it is simply a "clear and contiguous information to the integrity of our elections — and our Republic."

"All Americans DESERVE unafraid elections, and Republicans are the ones warring to marque it happen," helium said.

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Johnson's remarks came arsenic 5 non-U.S. citizens who allegedly voted successful the 2024 statesmanlike predetermination — on with a U.S. national accused of registering her non-citizen hubby — were charged with predetermination crimes, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced.

The charges travel a authorities reappraisal of 38 suspected cases of non-citizen voting oregon related behaviour from 2009 to 2025.

Of those cases, six resulted successful transgression charges, 10 were closed without charges and 22 stay nether progressive review.

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"In my office, we’ve ever taken predetermination crimes seriously, and prosecute attacks connected our voting systems to the fullest grade of the law," Nessel said successful a statement. "We’re upholding predetermination integrity by investigating each claims of non-citizen voters, arsenic uncommon arsenic they are, and holding atrocious actors accountable erstwhile they garbage to abide by the laws that support our elections harmless and secure."

More than 5.7 cardinal ballots were formed successful Michigan during the November 2024 wide election.

State officials person said amerciable voting by noncitizens remains highly rare.

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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - SEPTEMBER 20: A elector drops their ballot into a ballot container astatine the Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services gathering connected September 20, 2024 successful Minneapolis, Minnesota. Today is the archetypal time of aboriginal voting successful Minnesota up of the 2024 statesmanlike predetermination this November. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

The charges travel arsenic President Donald Trump’s medication has made preventing amerciable voting a priority.

He signed enforcement orders successful March 2025 and March 2026 to fortify citizenship verification for national elections and directing agencies to springiness states greater entree to citizenship and migration data.

Trump's medication has besides backed authorities requiring impervious of U.S. citizenship to registry to ballot successful national elections.

Nessel's announcement included Robert Piva, 67, of Roseville, a imperishable nonmigratory who is charged with predetermination instrumentality perjury, which is simply a five-year felony; attempting to ballot unqualified, which carries a four-year felony; and fraudulent registration, a 90-day misdemeanor.

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He allegedly voted aboriginal successful October 2024. Piva claimed his ballot was an "experiment" concerning elector fraud.

Michael Akioya, 39, of Oak Park, besides a imperishable resident, has been charged with 2 90-day misdemeanors for allegedly making mendacious statements connected an absentee elector exertion and ballot envelope during the 2024 election.

Alondra Harker, 26, of Three Rivers, is simply a limited-term alien nonmigratory charged with misdemeanor fraudulent registration, which is punishable by up to 90 days successful jail, for allegedly registering and voting successful idiosyncratic successful 2024. 

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Harumi Michael, 60, who lives successful Wolverine Lake, is simply a imperishable nonmigratory who faces 3 felonies — 2 counts of predetermination forgery and 1 number of attempting to ballot unqualified — positive 1 misdemeanor for allegedly registering and voting successful Commerce Township.

Basanth Sadasivian, 29, is simply a non-citizen surviving successful the United Kingdom who is charged with felony attempting to ballot unqualified, punishable by up to 4 years successful prison, for allegedly registering and voting successful 2024 done the Federal Post Card Application strategy utilizing a Bloomfield Hills address.

And Kimberley DiDonato, 60, of Rose Township, is simply a U.S. national charged with predetermination forgery, a five-year felony, and machine crime, a seven-year felony, aft allegedly posing arsenic her non-citizen hubby to registry him online.

Authorities said DiDonato claimed she wanted to trial strategy vulnerabilities earlier asking to cancel the registration.

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Dana Nessel announces her determination to tally for Michigan lawyer general, successful Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 15, 2017. ( )

Nessel’s bureau declined to complaint 4 referred radical aft determining that 2 were U.S. citizens, 1 was an American national done an planetary adoption and different was a federally recognized American Indian calved successful Canada.

Six further cases were closed without charges due to the fact that of a deficiency of grounds of transgression intent oregon imaginable registration errors.

Nessel besides said delays successful national practice affected the timeline of the state’s investigations.

"While the question of whether immoderate fixed nonmigratory is simply a national whitethorn consciousness simple, immoderate cases are nuanced successful unexpected ways," Nessel said.

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"The national authorities has not ever provided casual oregon unfastened entree to definite indispensable citizenship records, and truthful our investigators had to walk sizeable clip and effort coaxing practice from the national agencies."