Illegal immigrant facing charges after voting in FIVE presidential elections
Thursday, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced the arrest of Mahady Sacko for alleged fraudulent voting. Having entered the United States in 1998, the Mauritanian’s 2000 deportation order hadn’t prevented him from sticking around to allegedly vote in every election since President Barack Obama had been sent to the White House.
An FBI special agent investigating the case detailed in the criminal complaint how the illegal alien also “voted in the following federal election: the 2008 general election, the 2012 general election, the 2016 primary election, the 2016 general election, the 2020 primary election [and] the 2020 general election.”
“Sacko voted in person for each of these elections, except for the 2020 primary election, in which he voted by mail. On each occasion, Sacko falsely represented that he was a U.S. citizen,” the agent indicated.
Adding insult to injury, the complaint detailed that the illegal alien, who failed to abide by the court order to leave the country, was not removed from the United States upon being arrested a year before the first alleged vote because he didn’t have a valid passport for his own country. “However, Sacko did not have a current passport from Mauritania and ICE/ERO was unable to obtain one for him. As a result, ICE/ERO was unable to enforce the decision of the Immigration Judge and remove Sacko from the United States. Sacko was placed on supervision with ICE/ERO, which required him to regularly report to their office as an alien under an order of deportation.”
It was also noted by The Philadelphia Inquirer that the illegal alien was registered as a Democrat.
An FBI special agent investigating the case detailed in the criminal complaint how the illegal alien also “voted in the following federal election: the 2008 general election, the 2012 general election, the 2016 primary election, the 2016 general election, the 2020 primary election [and] the 2020 general election.”
“Sacko voted in person for each of these elections, except for the 2020 primary election, in which he voted by mail. On each occasion, Sacko falsely represented that he was a U.S. citizen,” the agent indicated.
Adding insult to injury, the complaint detailed that the illegal alien, who failed to abide by the court order to leave the country, was not removed from the United States upon being arrested a year before the first alleged vote because he didn’t have a valid passport for his own country. “However, Sacko did not have a current passport from Mauritania and ICE/ERO was unable to obtain one for him. As a result, ICE/ERO was unable to enforce the decision of the Immigration Judge and remove Sacko from the United States. Sacko was placed on supervision with ICE/ERO, which required him to regularly report to their office as an alien under an order of deportation.”
It was also noted by The Philadelphia Inquirer that the illegal alien was registered as a Democrat.
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