The Justice Department has charged 64 foreign nationals across 17 states with unlawful voting, fraudulent voter registration and election-related offenses in roughly the last five weeks, according to figures provided to Fox News Digital, as federal prosecutors intensify election-integrity enforcement.Minnesota leads the nation with 11 defendants, followed by Pennsylvania with 10 and Texas with nine.Louisiana accounts for five, while New Jersey, California and Florida each have four, according to the department's latest tally.The nationwide crackdown comes as federal officials intensify scrutiny of voter-registration safeguards ahead of November's midterms, with recent elections underscoring how even a few illegal ballots can exceed the margin separating candidates.
Fox News Digital mapped the states with the largest concentrations of defendants as DOJ says it has charged 104 people with voting fraud-related offenses since Trump returned to office in 2025.SKID ROW FORGERIES, ILLEGAL VOTES AND A MAYORAL CANDIDATE: ELECTION FRAUD CASES PILE UP NATIONWIDEAttorney General Todd Blanche speaks alongside U.S.Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin and U.S.
Attorney Daniel Rosen during a news conference on Sept.30, 2026, in Washington, D.C., announcing the arrest of 10 people for allegedly voting illegally in elections in Minnesota.
(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)"Every illegal vote cancels out the vote of a lawful American citizen.In 2020, Iowa's 2nd Congressional District race was decided by six votes," a DOJ spokesperson told Fox News Digital, referring to Republican Rep.
Mariannette Miller-Meeks' narrow victory over Democrat Rita Hart.DOJ said federal prosecutors are bringing more than twice as many election-fraud cases each week as the six-vote margin in the Iowa race.NIGERIAN WOMAN IN MASSACHUSETTS CHARGED AFTER ALLEGED ILLEGAL VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONSThe spokesperson added: "Voting by noncitizens and other ineligible voters is a federal crime, and the de...