Feds Make Arrests of Alien Green Card Holders They Say Voted in Walz’s Minnesota and One Came Back for More

Tim Walz let Feeding Our Future fraudsters loot $250 million meant to feed Minnesota children.

Federal prosecutors just found a different kind of fraud in his state, and this one hit the ballot box.

One green card holder allegedly kept coming back, and the date on his last ballot should alarm every voter.

Ten Minnesota Defendants Swore They Were Citizens

A federal grand jury in Minnesota indicted ten lawful permanent residents on September 24, 2026.

Prosecutors tie the group to illegal registrations and ballots in the 2022 general election, the 2024 presidential election and Minnesota's August 2026 primary.

That last one should stop you cold.

Joshua Frederick Kofi Edzie, a 63-year-old Ghanaian national, is accused of falsely claiming citizenship to vote in October 2024.

Then, prosecutors say, he did it again on August 11, 2026 – and cast a ballot in the Minnesota primary.

That was more than a year and a half into a Trump Justice Department openly hunting noncitizen voters.

He either didn't think anyone was checking or didn't care.

The rest of the indictment reads like a United Nations roll call – Liberia, Lithuania, Germany, Bosnia, Brazil, Canada and South Africa.

The oldest defendant, Paul Kras, is 78 years old and a German national.

Attorney General Todd Blanche didn't mince words: "Voter fraud erodes the public's trust in our electoral system."

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin sent a warning to anyone else on the rolls who shouldn't be: "We will find you, arrest you, and you will face the consequences."

Florida, Louisiana and Wisconsin Push the Count to Sixteen

On October 5, the Justice Department folded the Minnesota cases into one announcement covering 16 noncitizens across four states.

In Florida, prosecutors say 60-year-old Italian national Andrea Catanese cast a 2024 ballot, then tried to become a citizen by lying on her naturalization paperwork.

In Louisiana, three green card holders from Cuba, Mexico and Nicaragua are accused of casting ballots in 2024.

In Wisconsin, 30-year-old Sara Luma of North Macedonia allegedly registered on Election Day itself and certified she was a citizen.

This isn't a one-off sweep.

On September 19, the department announced charges against a separate group of 16 defendants in seven states, including Texas, Georgia and Idaho.

Mullin said at the time that his department was sitting on 1,620 open cases and 151 arrests.

How Minnesota Made the Ballot Box an Honor System

Minnesota lets people register at the polls on Election Day.

A registered voter can vouch for up to eight other people who show up without the right paperwork.

Walz also signed Driver's Licenses for All in 2023, so legal status no longer decides who gets a license – and the card says nothing about citizenship.

Bill Glahn of the Center for the American Experiment summed up the system: "If you signed as Mickey Mouse, they're not going to find you."

Minnesota isn't alone.

Heritage Foundation election expert Hans von Spakovsky warned years ago that "election officials are simply relying on individuals who are registering to vote telling the truth."

Virginia found roughly 1,600 suspected noncitizens on its rolls in 2024, and Biden's Justice Department sued to stop the state from removing them.

The Supreme Court let Virginia clean them out.

A Biden Judge Just Ruled Congress Can't Ban Noncitizen Voting

While Blanche was building these cases, a Biden-appointed judge in Florida was trying to knock the legs out from under them.

In a recent ruling, U.S. District Judge David Leibowitz threw out a noncitizen voting charge against a woman accused of using a fake birth certificate to get on the voter rolls.

His reasoning would gut the federal ban on noncitizen voting: "Congress has no power to say who can vote or who cannot vote."

Most of the 16 defendants in the October 5 announcement are charged under that same law.

If Leibowitz's logic spreads, every one of those charges is in the crosshairs – and so is every state that trusts the feds to backstop its rolls.

Minnesota will not police itself.

Walz didn't stop Feeding Our Future, and he isn't going to fix same-day registration or vouching either.

A green card holder allegedly voting in a 2026 primary is exactly what an honor system produces, and Walz is the one keeping that system in place.

Blanche and Mullin are fighting it one indictment at a time, and Congress needs to back them with proof-of-citizenship rules before another ballot gets cast.

Sources:

• U.S. Department of Justice, "Justice Department Announces Charges Involving 16 Aliens for Election Crimes," U.S. Department of Justice, October 5, 2026.
• U.S. Department of Justice, "Department of Justice Indicts Ten Aliens for Voter Fraud in Minnesota," U.S. Department of Justice, September 30, 2026.
• James Cirrone, "Blanche Announces Charges Against 10 Permanent Residents Accused of Minnesota Voter Fraud," Fox News, September 30, 2026.
• Ben Whedon, "DOJ Charges 16 Aliens for Alleged Election Crimes," Just the News, October 5, 2026.
• Michael Sinkewicz, "Justice Department Charges 16 Across Multiple States With Alleged Illegal Voting, Election Crimes," Fox News, September 19, 2026.
• Charles Creitz and Andrew Mark Miller, "Minnesota Lets Voters 'Vouch' for Up to 8 Others as Fraud Scandals Fuel Calls for Federal Crackdown," Fox News, December 29, 2025.
• Hans A. von Spakovsky, "Ensuring That Only Citizens Vote in U.S. Elections," The Heritage Foundation, July 19, 2022.
• Fred Lucas, "Biden Judge Calls It 'Constitutional Bedrock' to Oppose Federal Ban on Noncitizen Voting," The Daily Signal, October 2, 2026.