Harmeet Dhillon’s 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday showed exactly why so many people trust her on election integrity. When Lesley Stahl suggested the prosecutions of noncitizens voting were meant to sow distrust, Dhillon answered, “The distrust is there… And so all of these kinds of crimes are being prosecuted now for the first time really in volume.”
Democrats keep claiming noncitizen voting is rare and almost never happens. They say it because the current system makes it hard to detect, and because they expect most noncitizens who vote to vote Democrat. That’s also why many of them oppose basic security measures like voter ID. It’s not subtle, and most people see it.
While prosecuting these cases will deter some of the illegal voting, it won’t stop it. America still needs voter ID, an end to widespread mail-in ballots, and Election Day limited to one day. Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, is enforcing election law and making real progress. Americans who want fair elections should support that work and demand more of it from the rest of the government.