For more than two decades, a Colombian national living illegally in the United States allegedly operated under an American citizen’s identity — obtaining government identification, securing passports and eventually casting a ballot in a presidential election.
The scheme lasted through multiple administrations before federal authorities finally unraveled it.
Now Carlos Felipe Jaramillo Grajales is headed to federal prison, and his case is drawing fresh attention to a difficult question surrounding election security: How can authorities stop a noncitizen who is using the legitimate identity documents of an actual American?
