Federal Officials Announce Voter Fraud Charges Against Dozens of Noncitizens in California and North Carolina

The U.S. Justice Department said Monday it has charged 28 green card holders in California with election fraud, and 11 were arrested in early-morning raids under 'Operation Protect the Vote.' Two Indian nationals are among them: Kamlesh Shah, 67, of Sacramento, accused of registering and voting on the day of the November 2024 election, and Amandeep Kaur, 30, of Rancho Palos Verdes, accused of registering in December 2022 and voting in November 2024. It was unclear whether either was arrested. Separately, the department charged 18 more foreign nationals with illegal voting in North Carolina. U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson said 14 races in the state's 2025 municipal elections were decided by two votes, 15 by one vote, and 7 were tied. Prosecutors accuse Elizabeth Margaret Crudup, 52, of Kenya, of voting in nine general elections, and Gregory Eugene Wade, 64, of Bermuda, of voting in 12. ICE documents also list 17 people tied to election-related cases.

Right-leaning outlets, Daily Caller and Breitbart, treat the story as a pattern of noncitizen voting. Daily Caller's exclusive leads with ICE documents and the criminal records of Anthony Tyrone Higgs and Carlos Javier Alamo-Sorino, but notes the documents do not show every person was convicted. Breitbart leads with the North Carolina charges, Ferguson's quote and decades-long voting histories, and uses the term 'illegal alien.' The Hindu, the alternative source, covers the California case through its Indian defendants, cites only the Justice Department statement, and links to a report on a judge rejecting Trump administration interference in California's midterm vote, which the right-leaning pieces omit. Left-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while the other two sides had.