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Indian Green Card holder charged in Texas over illegal voting crackdown
Times of India · last week · Read the Full Story on Times of India
AI SUMMARY
A 69-year-old Indian Green Card holder is among seven non-citizens facing federal charges in Texas for alleged illegal voting and false claims of US citizenship.
- A 69-year-old Indian Green Card holder, Khalwinder Singh Bhengura, has been charged with voting by an alien and making a false statement of citizenship to register to vote.
- Prosecutors allege Bhengura falsely claimed to be a US citizen when registering to vote in January 2024 and when applying for a Texas driver's licence in August 2024.
- Bhengura allegedly voted in the November 2024 general election in Tarrant County and subsequently admitted he knew he was not a US citizen.
- Bhengura was arrested on September 11 as part of a federal investigation into voting and citizenship-related offences in North Texas.
- Six other non-citizen defendants were indicted alongside Bhengura, including nationals from Nigeria, Mexico, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- The federal investigation is being conducted by Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI Dallas field office, the Texas Attorney General’s Election Integrity Unit, and the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office.
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