Illegal immigrant top Dem fought to free turns up on voter rolls: ‘mockery of our immigration laws’

A voting booth as a voter casts their ballot at a polling location inside Echo Park Branch Library during a primary election in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 2, 2026.( )

Cecunjanin first entered the U.S.illegally in 1997 using a fraudulent Dutch passport and was issued a final order of removal later that year.Despite that order remaining in effect for more than 25 years, he departed for Serbia in July 2024, returned about two weeks later, and was released back into the U.S.under the Biden administration before his June 20 arrest. 

Blumenthal and other Connecticut Democratic officials pushed for Cecunjanin’s release last month, holding a press conference and later touting his release, crediting their letters and public advocacy.

“His courage and faith are a lesson to all of us on this 250th national birthday.I look forward to welcoming him home.ICE seizing and detaining him was cruel and unconscionable.He was never a flight risk, or a danger to anyone,” Blumenthal said in a July 3 statement celebrating the restaurant owner’s release. 

“I’ll support his efforts to gain permanent legal status and more.Welcome home, Seyo,” he added.

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Cindy Wolfe Boynton, communications director for the Connecticut secretary of the state�

“Our records show that he registered to vote through the DMV in 2018.He was marked as an inactive voter in January 2023 after failing to respond to a routine National Change-of-Address canvass asking him to confirm his name and address,” said Boynton.“An inactive voter remains on the voter rolls but cannot vote until they confirm or update their registration information, as required by state and federal law.”

NEW JERSEY REMOVES 6,600 PEOPLE FROM VOTER ROLLS WHO WERE ELIGIBLE TO CAST A BALLOT FOR 2024 ELECTION

Federal agents are seen walking in uniform.A report from The New York Times said the Trump administration has lost or abandoned hundreds of cases in which it accused anti-ICE protesters and migrants of assaulting federal immigration agents.(John Moore/Getty Images)

Critics quickly took to X to highlight the revelation, renewing scrutiny overDemocrats’ handling ofelection security.

“It happened again,” Rep.Tim Burchett, R-Tenn.wrote on X. 

“HOLY CRAP The illegal alien who Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal and other Democrat officials rallied to support after he was detained by ICE… IS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN CT despite not being a citizen!” popular conservative X accountLibs of TikTok posted.

“WHOA: Illegal Alien That Democrats Defended from Deportation Is Registered Voter.Senator Blumenthal and Connecticut Democrats tried to protect him,” posted conservative commentatorBenny Johnson.

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U.S.Sen.Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) speaks to press outside the Senate Chambers after voting in the U.S.Capitol on February 27, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images))

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