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The Economic Times
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Trump ramps up noncitizen voting prosecutions ahead of midterms

President Donald Trump's administration is ramping up criminal prosecutions of noncitizens accused of voting in US elections as he presses claims of widespread election fraud ahead of the November midterms.

The US Justice Department has brought criminal charges against about 20 people this month under a law criminalizing "voting by aliens", roughly 13% of all prosecutions brought under the statute since it was enacted three decades ago, according to a Reuters review of court records and government statements.

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