Updated
Updated · Fox News · Sep 12
HSI Arrests Bahamian Green Card Holder for 2020 Illegal Vote, Seeking Deportation
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Sep 12

HSI Arrests Bahamian Green Card Holder for 2020 Illegal Vote, Seeking Deportation

2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 12

Summary

  • Anthony Tyrone Higgs was arrested Sept. 3 in Decatur, Georgia, after Homeland Security Investigations said he illegally voted in the 2020 election; he is now in ICE removal custody.
  • DHS said the Bahamian national, a lawful permanent resident since 1976, was placed in proceedings to revoke his status after investigators tied the voting case to a long violent criminal record.
  • Markwayne Mullin said Higgs' rap sheet includes armed robbery, domestic violence, assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, grand larceny and weapon-possession counts.
  • The arrest fits a wider Trump administration push on election-related crimes, with DHS citing recent cases involving a Colombian sentenced in August and foreign nationals accused of illegal voting in New Jersey, Louisiana and Philadelphia.

Insights

How did a massive federal database sweep lead to the sudden arrest of a 40-year permanent resident over a single 2020 ballot?
Can a decades-old green card be revoked for a voting error, or did a hidden criminal past truly seal this resident's fate?
With thousands of investigations yielding few charges, are sweeping voter-roll database checks catching criminals or just generating false positives?