Former Kansas mayor who pleaded guilty to illegal voting turns himself in to ICE

The erstwhile politician of a tiny Kansas municipality who pleaded blameworthy past period successful transportation with illegally voting successful respective elections turned himself successful to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) connected Wednesday.

Jose Ceballos-Armendariz, a Mexican greenish paper holder, appeared astatine the ICE bureau successful Wichita, FOX4KC reported. He is being held successful the ICE's detention installation successful Chase County.

"I don’t cognize what’s going to happen," Ceballos said extracurricular the facility. "I don’t cognize wherever they’re going to instrumentality maine and what I tin and can’t bash wrong there."

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Jose Ceballos, a greenish paper holder from Mexico, pleaded blameworthy to illegally voting successful American elections. (iStock/DHS)

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Ceballos’ lawyer for comment.

Ceballos, who formerly served arsenic politician of Coldwater, Kansas, for 2 terms, pleaded blameworthy successful April to 3 counts of disorderly predetermination behaviour pursuing a prosecution by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach’s office.

He was issued a greenish paper successful 1990 and applied for U.S. citizenship successful February. Ceballos besides has a anterior condemnation for artillery from 1995.

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Documents reviewed by Fox News Digital amusement Jose Ceballos-Armendariz checked that helium was a U.S. national connected a Kansas elector registration form, which authorities accidental was false. (Department of Homeland Security)

On his citizenship application, Ceballos allegedly falsely claimed that helium had ne'er antecedently claimed to beryllium a U.S. citizen.

He stated helium thought his presumption arsenic a greenish paper holder with ineligible imperishable residency gave him the close to ballot successful U.S. elections, FOXKC reported. Ceballos said helium felt "misled" due to the fact that helium believed his concern would beryllium resolved pursuing his plea deal.

"Obviously, we’ll spell done the process," Ceballos said. "We’ll bash what they privation america to bash and, you know, instrumentality 1 time astatine a time. Just bash what they ask; that is my goal."

In a connection to Fox News Digital, DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis advocated for the SAVE America Act, the national authorities designed to necessitate documentary impervious of U.S. citizenship to registry to ballot successful national elections.

"The SAVE programme is simply a captious instrumentality for authorities and section governments to safeguard the integrity of elections crossed the country," she said. "President Trump has been unequivocal: Nothing is much cardinal than the integrity and information of our elections. That’s wherefore the Trump Administration has repeatedly called connected Congress to walk the SAVE America Act — commonsense authorities that requires voters to contiguous photograph ID and implements different captious measures to support national elections from fraud. Our elections beryllium to American citizens, not overseas citizens."

Since April 2025, much than 24,000 cases person been identified by SAVE arsenic imaginable non-U.S. citizens who were connected elector rolls, DHS said. Those cases person been referred to ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) for further investigation.

Authorities accidental Jose Ceballos-Armendariz, shown inset, unlawfully voted successful U.S. elections contempt not being a citizen, according to DHS. He turned himself successful to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement connected Wednesday. (Keith Srakocic, File ; Department of Homeland Security/AP Photo)

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Ceballos’ attorney, Jess Hoeme, told the quality outlet that his lawsuit was brought to the United States from Mexico erstwhile helium was 4 years old. He added that Ceballos was encouraged to registry to ballot astatine property 18 connected the spot during a schoolhouse tract travel to the Comanche County courthouse.

"I thought our strategy was smarter and amended than this," Hoeme said. "I thought determination was a grade of humanity and dignity included successful the process. That doesn’t look to beryllium the lawsuit anymore."

Fox News Digital's Charles Creitz contributed to this report.