Hawaiʻi Immigrant Charged With Voting Illegally Amid Trump Crackdown
A Maui resident who emigrated from the Philippines more than a decade ago was arraigned in federal court Tuesday on charges of voting illegally, the first such case in Hawaiʻi in at least 40 years involving a noncitizen.
Her hands clasped in front of her dress blouse, Remedios Alasaas, 66, stood in court between an interpreter and her federal public defender, who entered not guilty pleas for her on charges of unlawfully voting as an alien.
“Yes, sir,” she said in English to the judge when he asked her through the interpreter whether she understood the proceedings.
The Kahului resident is accused of voting in the 2022 general election and then again in an August 2024 primary.
https://civilbeat.org/2026/06/hawaii-immigrant-charged-voting-illegally-trump-crackdown/