The 400 noncitizens who voted illegally in New Jersey are now facing prosecution, denaturalization and deportation.
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“They are subject to prosecution and removal from the United States,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon told conservative podcaster Benny Johnson, Wednesday.
Dhillon pointed out that not all of these voters are illegal aliens—some are Green Card holders—but all are ineligible to vote.
“People need to see the consequences of voting when you’re not allowed to,” she explained.
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill (D.) announced Tuesday that a “software error” in the state’s Motor Vehicle Commission system had registered 6,600 non-citizens to vote between June 2023 and June 2024 even though they had indicated they were not U.S. citizens on driver’s license and ID applications.
Sherrill emphasized that the error happened “under the previous administration” and alleged that a preliminary analysis showed that fewer than 400 of these individuals actually cast ballots in elections.
Sherill was preceded by Democrat Governor Phil Murphy, who apparently concealed the issue after it was caught in 2024.
Just hours after Sherrill’s announcement, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division launched an investigation.
Dhillon fired off an email to Sherrill demanding key data about the over 6,600 non-citizens who had registered to vote, including their names.
“Ensuring that U.S. citizens’ votes are not illegally diluted by noncitizens’ votes is of paramount importance,” Dhillon wrote in her letter to the N.J. governor.
Dhillon gave the state five-days to fork over the information.
New Jersey is one of approximately 30 states that has refused to provide full, unredacted voter registration lists to the Department of Justice for the Civil Rights Division’s ongoing review of U.S. voter rolls.
During her interview with Johnson, Dhillon emphasized that noncitizens who illegally cast ballots in U.S. elections should face serious consequences, including removal from the country.
“Four hundred plus of these individuals self-identified as noncitizens and then they went ahead and voted,” Dhillon stated, pointing out that Democrats routinely dismiss election integrity concerns because it’s already illegal to vote.
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“Yeah, and it’s also happening on a massive scale, and I suspect that it’s much bigger than what was disclosed yesterday,” she said.
Dhillon later told Johnson, “I don’t trust anything New Jersey is telling me at this point.”
Less than two weeks ago, Dhillon said she sent notices to the 30 noncompliant states warning them that if they knowingly allowed noncitizens to stay on the voter rolls and vote, the Justice Department “would come after them.”
“I was mocked,” she told Johnson. “I got nasty letters back from secretaries of state and in fact we see it is necessary and even more needs to be done.”
In her announcement Monday, Sherrill blamed IDEMIA, the software company that runs the state’s Motor Vehicle System, for the mishap.
But IDEMIA quickly issued a statement disputing the claim.
The company said it was the responsibility of the Democrat-run state government to verify voter eligibility.
“IDEMIA works with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, and has for more than 40 years, to support the process through which eligible individuals may indicate their interest in registering to vote when applying for or renewing a driver’s license or state-issued identification card. IDEMIA’s role is to transmit information through the motor vehicle system,” IDEMIA said in a statement to Just the News.
“The voter registration information is transmitted to the New Jersey Department of State, Division of Elections, which is ultimately responsible for verifying eligibility to vote. Information submitted by IDEMIA must still be validated and adjudicated by the Division of Elections.”
Sean Higgins, a spokesperson for Sherril said in a comment to the New York Post that “the Trump administration has a long history of weaponizing the Justice Department for political purposes and attempting to overturn election results.”
“Governor Sherrill has been clear that she will use all the legal tools available to her to protect New Jerseyans’ personal information,” Higgins added.
The New Jersey governor has hired law firm CSG to “investigate” the matter. Three lawyers from CSG were appointed last December to join Sherrill’s transition team.
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