Authorities arrested a Jamaican national after she allegedly voted in the 2024 Florida Primary, uncovering her 14-year visa overstay.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, 52-year-old Jacqueline Dianne Wallace entered the U.S. in December 2010 on a six-month tourism visa and never returned to Jamaica.

In January of 2024, officials say Wallace fraudulently registered to vote using a community college computer network. Wallace then cast her ballot for the 2024 Florida Presidential Primary in August.

Wallace was arrested by agents with the Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and investigators of the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, per the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s release.

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If convicted, officials say Wallace could face up to five years in prison and would be subject to deportation.

The arrest was part of Operation Take Back America, an initiative to repel illegal immigration and eliminate transnational criminal organizations, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

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