Justice Department charges more than 2 dozen in California sweep targeting alleged noncitizen voters
The department says all 28 defendants are lawful permanent residents and has asked a court to block counting ballots from about 20,000 suspected noncitizens.
- On Monday, federal authorities charged 28 legal permanent residents in California with illegal voting or registration; by Thursday, charging documents were filed in 10 cases detailing how voter registration data fueled broader immigration-related charges.
- The Trump administration initiated these cases to identify noncitizen voting before midterm elections; the Department of Justice sued California over roughly 20,000 registered voters it claims may be noncitizens, though the state disputes the figures as inflated.
- Six individuals face misdemeanor charges for voting as noncitizens, while 22 others face felony charges including lying on naturalization applications, which carries penalties of up to a decade in prison.
- Pamele Arbues Line, 56, faces charges after allegedly registering while renewing her driver's license; José Antonio Banuelos-Diaz, 42, told The Associated Press he was unaware of registration and "have never voted because I know I can't vote."
- Beyond voting enforcement, the Trump administration has ramped up nationwide immigration enforcement and slowed naturalization approvals; government data shows only 58,000 applications approved between April and June 2026, less than a quarter of 2025's volume.
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Federal authorities have charged more than two dozen foreign nationals in California with alleged election-related crimes as the Trump administration steps up efforts to investigate noncitizen voting ahead of the midterm elections, according to The Associated Press. The arrests, announced as part of a statewide operation called Operation Protect the Vote, come amid a growing dispute between the Justice Department and California over how the stat…
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