19 illegal immigrants indicted for voting in the 2016 election

By Kelly Cohen

Published August 24, 2018 7:00pm ET

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19 illegal immigrants indicted for voting in the 2016 election — Behind a sign barring loaded firearms in the building, people stand in line to cast their votes on Election Day as the polls opened at a precinct at the Wake County Firearms Education and Training Center in Apex, N.C., on Nov. 6, 2012. | (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

A federal grand jury in Wilmington, N.C., returned indictments on Friday against 19 people on charges of “voting by an alien.”

The 19 people cast ballots illegally in the 2016 election, the Justice Department said.

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