NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:

This illegal alien falsely claimed U.S. citizenship to obtain a driver's license and register to vote

WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) led to the sentencing of a criminal illegal alien who falsely claimed U.S. citizenship for more than 20 years, allowing him to vote in multiple elections.

On August 12, Carlos Felipe Jaramillo-Grajales, a criminal illegal alien from Colombia, was sentenced to three years in a federal prison after he pleaded guilty to making fal...