Illegal immigrant top Dem fought to free turns up on voter rolls: 'mockery of our immigration laws'

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Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal is facing scrutiny after new records showed an illegal immigrant whose release from ICE custody he championed was registered to vote in Connecticut. "Cecunjanin has made a mockery of our immigration laws on several occasions for more than two decades," a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told Fox News Digital of the illegal immigrant on Wednesday. Records obtained through a public-records request by the West Hartford Republican Town Committee show Seyo Cecunjanin was registered to vote through the Connecticut DMV in 2018. The committee posted the records on X. A DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital the Biden administration released the Montenegrin national back into the United States after he returned from Serbia in 2024—even though he had been under a final deportation order since 1997. EXCLUSIVE: DHS SEEKS CUSTODY OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER TRUMP DEPORTATION, BIDEN RELEASE Cecunjanin first entered the U.S. illegally in 1997 using a fraudulent Dutch passport and was issued a final order of removal later that year. Despite that order remaining in effect for more than 25 years, he departed for Serbia in July 2024, returned about two weeks later, and was released back into the U.S. under the Biden administration before his June 20 arrest. Blumenthal and other Connecticut Democratic officials pushed for Cecunjanin's release last month, holding a press conference and later touting his release, crediting their letters and public advocacy. "His courage and faith are a lesson to all of us on this 250th national birthday. I look forward to welcoming him home. ICE seizing and detaining him was cruel and unconscionable. He was never a flight risk, or a danger to anyone," Blumenthal said in a July 3 statement celebrating the restaurant owner's release. "I’ll support his efforts to gain permanent legal status and more. Welcome home, Seyo," he added. Cindy Wolfe Boynton, communications director for the Connecti…