跟进：加州28名绿卡持有人选举案细节披露：多数人正在申请入籍、被控在表格与面谈中作虚假陈述

据美联社10月23日报道，本周在加州被联邦当局以涉嫌选民欺诈为由起诉的移民中，多数人已经申请加入美国国籍，如今面临的指控是涉嫌在表格或面谈中作虚假陈述。这类指控一旦成立，可能面临数年监禁，入籍申请也将随之落空。司法部10月19日宣布的「保护投票」行动共起诉28名合法永久居民，本站此前已报道其中11人被捕的消息。

据美联社报道，截至周四上午，政府仅在28起案件中的10起提交了起诉文件，文件披露了更多细节：当局以选民登记数据为线索，进而围绕移民身份提出更广泛的刑事指控。司法部在声明中表示，6人将被控以非公民身份投票，属轻罪；其余22人面临多项重罪指控的组合，包括在入籍申请、面谈或选民登记表上作虚假陈述。被控非法投票者最高面临一年监禁，被控在入籍申请中撒谎者最高面临十年监禁。

42岁的 José Antonio Bañuelos-Díaz 是被起诉者之一。他在美国生活了40年，成年后一直是合法永久居民，2025年10月申请入籍。政府在起诉文件中称，他2007年登记投票时不当自称公民，其后又在移民表格上就此作虚假陈述；政府并未指控他实际投过票。Bañuelos-Díaz 对美联社表示，他直到周一在 Los Angeles 住处外被捕时才知道自己曾登记投票，只记得2007年前后申领过驾照；在加州，申领驾照时会被提示办理选民登记。他说：「我从没投过票，因为我知道我不能投票。如果出了错，他们当时就应该指出来，而不是20年以后。」他被捕后已获释，若罪名成立最高面临五年监禁。

另一起案件中，来自菲律宾的 Pamele Arbues Line 在10月15日于 San Diego 参加入籍面谈后随即被国土安全部探员逮捕，现年56岁。起诉文件称，她曾五次登记投票并在数次选举中提交选票，却在表格与面谈中称自己从未投票、从未自称美国公民；文件同时记载，她后来承认去年续领驾照时登记了投票并投过一次票。她对当局表示，自己以为已是美国公民，因为母亲在她们移居美国四十多年前入籍；但政府称，她当时已19岁，不在母亲入籍的涵盖范围内。她今年6月续办社会安全卡时才得知自己不是公民，并于同日申请入籍。她面临两项指控，若成立至少面临十年监禁。

Amandeep Kaur 同样在被起诉之列，已在美国生活八年、正在办理入籍。其丈夫、美国公民 Kulwinder Singh 对美联社表示，妻子2024年申领驾照时因英语不好、用印地语参加笔试，不知道当时是否登记了投票；她2024年收到并寄回了一张选票，夫妻俩都以为那是登记表。Singh 说，妻子得知自己可能违法后整日哭泣，「她整天都在哭，太让人难受了」。

国土安全部未说明最初是什么引起了当局对这些人的注意，仅在电邮中表示调查中审查了入籍等记录；部分案件文件提到，国土安全部今年8月进行的一次福利欺诈审计是锁定本周被起诉者的起点。代理联邦检察官 Bill Essayli 在本周宣布指控的声明中说：「美国公民的投票权必须得到保护。」另据美联社报道，司法部已起诉加州，要求核查约2万名登记选民的公民身份；加州有超过2,300万名登记选民，州政府称本州遵守联邦法律、联邦政府的数字很可能被大幅夸大。政府数据还显示，今年4月至6月获批的入籍申请为5.8万份，不到2025年同期获批数的四分之一。（GSM 据美联社报道）

Follow-up: Details Emerge in California Voter Cases: Most of the 28 Green Card Holders Charged Were Applying for US Citizenship

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Most of the immigrants targeted by federal authorities in California this week for alleged voter fraud had applied for US citizenship and now face charges of lying on forms or during interviews, according to an Associated Press report on October 23. Those charges could lead to years in prison and thwart their efforts to naturalize. The Justice Department's Operation Protect the Vote, announced October 19, charged 28 lawful permanent residents; GSM previously reported that 11 were arrested.

As of Thursday morning, the government had filed charging documents in only 10 of the 28 cases, offering additional details about how authorities relied on voter registration data to pursue broader criminal charges around immigration status. The Justice Department said six people would be charged with voting as a noncitizen, a misdemeanor, while the 22 others faced a combination of felony charges including lying on naturalization applications, during interviews or on voter registration forms. Illegal voting carries up to a year in prison; lying on a citizenship application carries up to a decade.

José Antonio Bañuelos-Díaz, 42, applied for citizenship in October 2025 after living in the country for 40 years as a legal permanent resident. Charging documents allege he improperly claimed to be a citizen in 2007 when registering to vote and later lied about it on immigration paperwork; the government has not accused him of casting a ballot. He told AP he had no idea he had registered to vote until he was arrested Monday outside his Los Angeles home, though he recalls getting a driver's license around 2007; in California, people are prompted to register to vote when applying for a license. "I have never voted because I know I can't vote," he said. "If there was a mistake, they should have called me out right away, not 20 years later." He was released after his arrest and faces up to five years in prison if convicted.

In another case, Homeland Security agents arrested Pamele Arbues Line, 56, from the Philippines, immediately after her October 15 naturalization interview in San Diego. Charging documents say she registered to vote five times and submitted ballots in several elections while stating on paperwork and in her interview that she had never voted or claimed to be a US citizen; the documents also say she later admitted registering while renewing her driver's license last year and voting once. She told authorities she believed she was a citizen because her mother naturalized after they moved to the United States more than four decades ago, but the government says she was 19 at the time and not covered by her mother's citizenship. She learned she was not a citizen in June when renewing her Social Security card and applied for naturalization the same day, according to the documents. She faces at least 10 years in prison if convicted of two charges.

Amandeep Kaur, among those charged, has lived in the country for eight years and is in the process of becoming a naturalized citizen, her husband Kulwinder Singh, a US citizen, told AP. He said she took her 2024 driver's license written test in Hindi because she struggles with English and does not know whether she registered to vote then; she received and returned a ballot in 2024 that they both thought was a registration form. "All she does is cry. It's heartbreaking," he said.

The Department of Homeland Security did not say what first drew attention to those charged but said it reviewed naturalization and other records; some court documents describe an August benefits fraud audit by Homeland Security that started the process of identifying those charged. "The voting rights of American citizens must be protected," First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli said in a statement announcing the charges. The Justice Department has also sued California over verifying the citizenship of roughly 20,000 registered voters; California, with more than 23 million registered voters, says it complies with federal law and that the administration's numbers are likely significantly inflated. Government data shows 58,000 naturalization applications were approved between April and June 2026, less than a quarter of the number approved in the same period in 2025. (GSM, based on Associated Press reporting)

来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）

图片来源：美国海军公共领域照片：新公民在 San Diego 的 USS Midway 博物馆参加入籍宣誓仪式（资料图，2015年，美国海军 Gerald Dudley Reynolds 摄）

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