奥尔加·R·罗德里格斯、克劳迪娅·劳尔、艾米·塔克辛 旧金山报道 — 联邦当局本周在加利福尼亚州以涉嫌选民欺诈为由锁定的大多数移民，此前均已申请美国入籍，如今面临在表格或面谈中撒谎的指控。这些指控可能导致他们入狱多年，并阻碍其入籍进程。
OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, CLAUDIA LAUER, AMY TAXIN SAN FRANCISCO — Most of the immigrants targeted by federal authorities in California this week for alleged voter fraud had applied for U.S. citizenship and now face charges related to lying on forms or during interviews. Those charges could lead to years in prison and thwart their efforts to naturalize.
其中一人是何塞·安东尼奥·巴纽埃洛斯-迪亚斯，42岁。他在居住美国40年、度过整个成年期均为合法永久居民后，于2025年10月申请入籍。联邦政府在起诉文件中指控，他在2007年登记注册选民时不当声称自己是公民，随后又在移民文件中对此撒谎。政府并未指控他实际投过票。
One of them is José Antonio Bañuelos-Díaz, 42, who applied for citizenship in October 2025 after living in the country for 40 years and spending his entire adult life as a legal permanent resident. The federal government has alleged in charging documents that he improperly claimed to be a citizen in 2007 when registering to vote, then later lied about it on his immigration paperwork. The government hasn’t accused him of casting a ballot.
巴纽埃洛斯-迪亚斯告诉美联社记者，直到周一在洛杉矶家门外被捕时，他才知道自己曾登记注册选民，尽管他回忆在2007年前后办过驾照。在加利福尼亚州，申请驾照时会被提示进行选民登记。
Bañuelos-Díaz told The Associated Press 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 to vote when applying for a driver’s license.
“我从未投票，因为我知道我不能投票，”他说。“如果有错误，他们应该立即指出来，而不是20年后才追究。”他获释出狱，但若罪名成立，最高可面临五年监禁。
“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 from custody after his arrest but faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
联邦当局周一在加利福尼亚州起诉了二十多名合法永久居民，打击涉嫌非法投票或登记注册选民的人员。截至周四上午，政府已在28起案件中的10起提交起诉文件，披露了更多细节，显示当局如何依据选民登记数据，对移民身份提出更广泛的刑事指控。
Federal authorities on Monday charged more than two dozen legal permanent residents in California in a crackdown on people accused of illegally voting or registering to do so. As of Thursday morning, the government had filed charging documents in 10 of the 28 cases, offering additional details about how authorities relied on voter registration data to pursue broader criminal charges around immigration status.
在加利福尼亚州被起诉的大多数移民已在美居住至少五年，有些甚至长达数十年。如果他们在入籍申请中撒谎，可能面临驱逐出境。
Most of the immigrants charged in California have lived in the country for at least five years, and some of them for decades. They could face deportation if they lied on their citizenship application.
被判在美国非法投票的移民最高可面临一年监禁。被判在入籍申请中撒谎者最高可面临十年监禁。
Immigrants convicted of illegally voting in the United States face up to a year in prison. Those convicted of lying on applications to become American citizens face up to a decade.
司法部在一份声明中说，六人将被指控以非公民身份投票，属轻罪。其他22人面临多项重罪指控，包括在入籍面谈或选民登记表中撒谎。
The Justice Department said in a statement that six people would be charged with voting as a noncitizen, a misdemeanor. The 22 others were facing a combination of felony charges including lying on their naturalization application during interviews or on voter registration forms.
在其中一起案件中，国土安全部特工在10月15日Line在圣地亚哥的入籍面谈结束后立即将其逮捕。
In one case, Homeland Security agents arrested Pamele Arbues Line immediately following her Oct. 15 naturalization interview in San Diego.
起诉文件称，联邦政府指控Line涉嫌五次登记投票，并在多次选举中投了票，但在她的文书材料和面谈中却声称从未投票，也从未自称是美国公民。根据起诉文件，她后来承认在去年更新驾照时登记了投票，并表示投过一次票。
In charging documents, the federal government said Line had allegedly registered to vote five times and had submitted ballots in several elections but said in her paperwork and in the interview that she had never voted or claimed to be a U.S. citizen. She later admitted to registering to vote while getting her driver’s license renewed last year and said she voted once, according to the charging documents.
来自菲律宾的Line告诉执法人员，她以为自己是美国公民，因为她们搬到美国四十多年后，她母亲入籍了。但根据政府说法，Line当时19岁，不在母亲入籍的覆盖范围内。文件称，她在6月去办理更新社会安全卡时得知自己不是公民，并告诉特工她当天就申请了入籍。如果因两项指控被定罪，她面临至少10年监禁。
Line, who is from the Philippines, told authorities she thought she was a U.S. citizen because her mother had become naturalized after they moved to the United States more than four decades ago. But Line, now 56, was 19 at the time and not covered by her mother’s citizenship, according to the government. She learned she was not a citizen in June when she went to get a renewed Social Security card, and she told agents she applied for naturalization the same day, according to the documents. She faces at least 10 years in prison if convicted of two charges.
这些案件是特朗普政府在中期选举前打击非公民投票行动的一部分，尽管数据显示该问题极其罕见、难以证实，且未显示改变过任何竞选结果。
The cases are part of a Trump administration effort to root out noncitizen voting ahead of the midterm elections, even though data shows that the problem is incredibly rare , difficult to prove and has not been shown to change the outcome of races.
司法部起诉加利福尼亚州，原因是该州未配合一项要求，核实约2万名可能不是公民的登记选民的公民身份。加利福尼亚州拥有超过2300万名登记选民，该州称自己遵守联邦法律，并认为特朗普政府的数字可能被大幅高估。
The Department of Justice has sued California for not complying with a request to verify the citizenship of roughly 20,000 registered voters it says may be noncitizens. California, which has more than 23 million registered voters, has argued the state complies with federal law and that the Trump administration’s numbers are likely significantly inflated.
州选举官员还指出，一旦选票被邮寄，就会与任何个人选民身份信息分离，因此无法根据联邦政府提供的信息进行筛选。
State election officials also noted once a ballot is mailed in, it is separated from any individual voter identification, making it impossible to separate based on the information provided by the federal government.
除投票问题外，特朗普政府还在全国范围内加强了移民执法，并放缓了入籍申请的审批。政府数据显示，官员在2026年4月至6月期间批准了5.8万份入籍申请，不到2025年同期批准数量的四分之一，据该数据显示。
Beyond voting, the Trump administration has also ramped up immigration enforcement nationwide and slowed down the approval of naturalization applications. Government data shows officials approved 58,000 naturalization applications between April and June 2026, less than a quarter of the number approved in the same period in 2025, according to the data.
移民持有绿卡至少三年后，可以申请成为美国公民。他们必须就与投票、政治活动和犯罪相关的活动回答大量问题，通过背景调查和公民知识考试，并满足英语语言要求。
Immigrants can apply to become U.S. citizens after holding green cards for at least three years. They must answer extensive questions about activities related to voting, political activities and crime, pass background checks and a civics test and meet English language requirements.
国土安全部没有说明最初是什么引起了对被起诉移民的关注，但在一封电子邮件中表示，该机构在调查中审查了入籍和其他记录。案件中的一些法庭文件描述，国土安部在8月进行的一项福利欺诈审计启动了识别本周被起诉者的过程。
The Department of Homeland Security did not say what initially drew attention to the immigrants charged but said in an email that the agency reviewed naturalization and other records in its investigation. Some of the court documents in the cases describe a benefits fraud audit performed by Homeland Security in August that started the process of identifying those charged this week.
“美国公民的投票权必须得到保护，”第一助理美国检察官比尔·埃塞利本周在宣布起诉的声明中表示。
“The voting rights of American citizens must be protected,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said in a statement announcing the charges this week.
阿曼迪普·考尔是被起诉者之一，她已在该国生活八年，正在办理成为美国公民的入籍手续，她的丈夫库尔温德尔·辛格表示。
Amandeep Kaur, who is among those charged, has lived in the country for eight years and is in the process of becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen, said her husband, Kulwinder Singh.
辛格表示，她是在 2024 年取得驾照的，但由于英语水平有限，她在车管所（DMV）参加笔试时使用了印地语。他不清楚她当时是否已经完成了选民登记手续。他还提到，她在 2024 年收到并归还了一张选票，但他们当时都以为那只是一份选民登记表格。
Singh said she got her driver’s license in 2024 but took the written test at the DMV in Hindi because she struggles with English. He doesn’t know if she registered to vote then. He said she received and returned a ballot in 2024 but they both thought it was a registration form.
现在，他担心自己的妻子可能会因为这件事而陷入恐慌（即担心自己可能做了违法的事情）。
Now, he said his wife is distraught with the news that she may have done something illegal.
“她整天都在哭泣，这真的让人心碎，”身为美国公民的辛格说道。
“All she does is cry. It’s heartbreaking,” said Singh, who is a U.S. citizen.
劳尔（Lauer）从费城发来报道，塔克辛（Taxin）则从加利福尼亚州的圣安娜（Santa Ana）发来报道。
Lauer contributed from Philadelphia and Taxin from Santa Ana, Calif.