The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested an alien who has been charged with illegally voting in the 2024 election in Pennsylvania.
On October 5, HSI Philadelphia arrested Paulo Jorge Silva, a Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) from Portugal, in Philadelphia. Silva has been charged with voting by an alien after voting records show that he is an active registered voter in Philadelphia and voted in the November 5, 2024 election.
Paulo Jorge Silva (right) during his arrest by HSI Philadelphia
Silva was transferred to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS).
“This alien from Portugal has been charged with illegally voting in the 2024 election in Pennsylvania,” said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “When even one non-citizen votes in our elections, it steals the vote of an honest, hard-working American citizen. It’s also AGAINST the law. If we catch an alien illegally voting in our elections, we will hunt you down and arrest you. You’ve been warned. The Trump Administration will always defend the integrity of our election system, and we will make sure that only American citizens are electing American leaders.”
Silva was lawfully admitted to the United States through New York in April 1978.
The case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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