Benito Covarrubias Iniguez, an illegal alien from Mexico residing in Winder, Georgia, appeared today before United States Magistrate Judge Anna W. Howard on federal charges of making a false claim of citizenship in order to vote after allegedly obtaining a fraudulent passport.
“Votes of non-citizens impersonating Americans undermine the integrity of our cherished democratic process and diminish public confidence in our election results,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. “This case and the many others brought in this district and around the country reinforce that non-citizens who vote in federal elections will be found, arrested, and prosecuted.”
“Protecting the integrity of U.S. elections requires enforcing the laws that govern who may lawfully participate,” said Ryan McSeveney, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service Miami Field Office, which oversees the Southeastern United States. “DSS will continue working closely with our law enforcement partners to investigate passport fraud and false claims of U.S. citizenship wherever they occur.”
According to U.S. Attorney Hertzberg, the charges, and other information presented in court: In 2000, after entering the United States from Mexico, Iniquez fraudulently obtained a passport in the name of a U.S. citizen born in Puerto Rico. Using that fraudulent identity, he later obtained a Georgia driver’s license, registered to vote, and then voted in the November 5, 2024...
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