Two Migrants Charged for Illegally Voting in New Jersey

Federal prosecutors say a Jamaican national voted in four presidential elections and a Venezuelan national voted in 2024, while New Jersey’s separate investigation into thousands of improperly registered noncitizens remains unfinished and Gov. Mikie Sherrill continues withholding unredacted voter data from the Justice Department.

TRENTON, NJ — Two more federal prosecutions are putting fresh attention on a problem New Jersey has spent months trying to contain: noncitizens getting onto the voter rolls and, in some cases, casting ballots.

Those votes were cast in Orange and South Amboy.

Patrick Terrance Reid, 61, a Jamaican national living in Orange, and Danubis Bernat, 49, a Venezuelan national from South Amboy, were charged Sept. 24 with voting in a federal election while not U.S. citizens and making false statements during the naturalization process…

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