美国司法部表示，已对加利福尼亚州的28名绿卡持有人提起选举罪名。该部门于10月19日发表声明称，其中11人在全州范围内的突击行动中被捕，此次行动名为“保护选举行动”。在被起诉的28人中，有两人是印度国民，司法部已公布了他们的姓名。
The US Department of Justice says it has charged 28 green card holders in California with election crimes. In a statement issued on October 19, the department said 11 of them were arrested in raids across the state as part of “Operation Protect the Vote”. Two of the 28 are Indian nationals, and the department has named both.
让我们来看看这两位印度国民是谁，司法部称他们在2024年11月选举中做了什么，以及为何他们的指控不同。这两位印度国民是谁Amandeep Kaur，30岁，居住在加利福尼亚州兰乔帕洛斯维德斯，正寻求成为美国公民。司法部称她于2022年12月登记为选民，并在2024年11月选举中投票。
Let us have a look at who they are, what the department says they did in the November 2024 election, and why their charges differ. Who are the two Indian nationals Amandeep Kaur, 30, lives in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, and is seeking to become a US citizen. The Justice Department says she registered to vote in December 2022 and voted in the November 2024 election.
Kamlesh Navnitlal Shah，67岁，居住在萨克拉门托。司法部称他在2024年11月大选的选举日登记为选民，并在当天投票。他被起诉的法律文件名为“信息”。指控内容Amandeep和Kamlesh被起诉的联邦地区不同。Amandeep Kaur的案件位于加利福尼亚州中区，司法部称被告面临重罪指控，包括在入籍申请中作出虚假陈述。Kamlesh Navnitlal Shah的案件位于东区，指控为外国人在联邦选举中投票。司法部称这是轻罪，最高可判处一年联邦监狱。
Kamlesh Navnitlal Shah, 67, lives in Sacramento. The department says he registered to vote on Election Day in the November 2024 general election and voted that same day. He is charged in a court document called “information”. What the charges say Amandeep and Kamlesh are charged in different federal districts. Amandeep Kaur’s case sits in the Central District of California, where the department says defendants face felony charges, including false statements in a naturalisation application. Kamlesh Navnitlal Shah’s case sits in the Eastern District, where the charge is voting by an alien in a federal election. The department says that it is a misdemeanour with a maximum sentence of one year in federal prison.
在更广泛的案件中，司法部称指控包括入籍申请中的虚假陈述和欺诈性选民登记。司法部称这两项均为重罪，最高可判处五年监狱。绿卡持有人不能投票司法部表示，所有被起诉的28人均为合法永久居民。司法部称他们拥有合法移民身份，但“非美国公民”，因此不能参加美国选举。根据司法部引用的法庭文件，被告在选民登记表上宣誓称自己是美国公民。
In the wider case, the department says the charges include false statements in naturalisation applications and fraudulent voter registration. It says both are felonies with a maximum sentence of five years. Green card holders cannot vote The Justice Department says all 28 people charged are lawful permanent residents. It says they have legal immigration status but are “not US citizens” and cannot vote in US elections. According to court papers cited by the department, the defendants stated under oath on their voter forms that they were US citizens.
保护选举行动 这些逮捕是“保护选举行动”的一部分，该部门表示，这是加利福尼亚州四个美国检察官办公室的联合行动，旨在打击选举欺诈。
Operation protect the vote The arrests are part of “Operation Protect the Vote”, which the department says is a joint effort by the four US Attorney’s Offices in California to tackle election fraud.
该部门表示，它于10月13日向加利福尼亚州提供了一份28人的名单，以便在这些人的公民身份得到核实之前，先将他们的邮寄选票搁置。该部门表示，加利福尼亚州拒绝了这一请求，美国政府已对该州提起诉讼。代理副司法部长特伦特·麦科特尔表示，这28人都出现在该部门发送给州官员的超过2万名可能的非公民登记者名单中。他表示，加利福尼亚州必须在计算邮寄选票之前，先核实这些登记者的公民身份。
The department says it gave California a list of the 28 people on October 13 so their mail-in ballots could be set aside until their citizenship was checked. It says California declined, and the US government has sued the state. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter said all 28 appear on a list of more than 20,000 likely noncitizen registrants that the department sent to state officials. He said California must check the citizenship of those registrants before it counts mail-in ballots.
被逮捕的人原定于10月19日首次出庭，该部门表示，当天不会进行任何认罪程序。
Those arrested were due to make their first court appearances on October 19, and the department said no pleas would be taken that day.