司法部在加州起诉28名外国公民涉选举犯罪：11人被捕 同步推进保护投票行动
华盛顿——美国司法部10月19日宣布，加州各地联邦执法人员当天逮捕11名外国公民，他们是被刑事起诉的28人中的一部分，罪名涉及在美国选举中欺诈性登记投票，多数人被指实际投出了非法选票。这次行动名为「保护投票行动」（Operation Protect the Vote），由加州四个联邦检察官办公室协同推进。
司法部表示，28名被告全部是合法永久居民，即绿卡持有者，拥有合法居留身份，但并非美国公民，无权在美国选举中投票。指控包括在入籍申请中作虚假陈述，以及欺诈性选民登记，两项均为重罪，最高可判五年联邦监禁；东区部分被告被控以非公民身份投票的轻罪，最高可判一年。当天被捕者预计当天下午在联邦地区法院首次出庭。
按辖区分，中区13人，涉及 Rancho Palos Verdes、Long Beach、Anaheim、Commerce 等地的居民；东区6人，涉及 Clovis、Fresno、Sacramento 等地；北区5人，涉及 San Jose、San Francisco、Daly City 等地；南区4人，涉及 San Diego、National City、Escondido 等地。根据法庭文件，被告被指在选民登记申请中宣誓谎称自己是美国公民，登记获批后在近年选举中投票，其后又在入籍材料中否认曾自称公民或登记投票。
司法部10月13日已把相关人员名单提供给加州，要求在确认公民身份前将这些人的邮寄选票暂置。代理副总检察长 Trent McCotter 表示，这28名被告都在联邦上周提供给加州选举官员的2万多名可能为非公民登记者名单上；联邦政府已就选票暂置问题起诉加州。司法部强调，起诉书仅为指控，所有被告在法庭证明有罪之前均推定无罪。
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Justice Department Charges 28 Foreign Nationals in California Election Crimes: 11 Arrested in Protect the Vote Operation
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced on October 19 that federal law enforcement across California arrested 11 foreign nationals that day as part of criminal charges against 28 people accused of fraudulently registering to vote in U.S. elections, with most alleged to have cast illegal ballots. The arrests are part of Operation Protect the Vote, a coordinated effort among all four California-based U.S. Attorney's Offices.
The department said all 28 defendants are lawful permanent residents, or green card holders, who have legal status but are not U.S. citizens and are not permitted to vote. Charges include making false statements in a naturalization application and fraudulent voter registration, both felonies carrying a maximum of five years in federal prison; some Eastern District defendants face a misdemeanor charge of voting by an alien, carrying up to one year. Those arrested were expected to make initial court appearances that afternoon.
By district, 13 defendants are in the Central District, including residents of Rancho Palos Verdes, Long Beach, Anaheim and Commerce; six in the Eastern District, including Clovis, Fresno and Sacramento; five in the Northern District, including San Jose, San Francisco and Daly City; and four in the Southern District, including San Diego, National City and Escondido. According to court documents, the defendants allegedly claimed under oath in voter registration applications that they were U.S. citizens, voted in recent elections after their registrations were approved, and later denied in naturalization paperwork that they had ever claimed citizenship or voted.
On October 13, the federal government gave California a list of the individuals and asked that their mail ballots be set aside until citizenship could be confirmed. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter said each of the 28 defendants appears on the list of more than 20,000 likely noncitizen registrants provided to California election officials, and the United States has sued over the ballot set-aside issue. The department noted that a complaint contains only accusations and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
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