Pamela Line has been a lawful permanent resident since 1982.
Posted by The NPR Politics Podcast, Checked
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The NPR Politics PodcastOct 26, 2026
Sources identify Pamele Arbués Line as a lawful permanent resident charged in a California voting case, which supports her LPR status. None of the sources states when she became a permanent resident, so the 1982 date that is the claim's central point cannot be checked.
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What was said
… She's a UK citizen, so language was was not an issue here. She, according to court documents, voted early in person in 2024, had registered through the New York DMV, and she told investigators that she didn't know that non-citizens weren't allowed to vote. You have somebody, Pamela Line, ah, who has been a lawful permanent resident since 1982. That's a long time. It's a very long time. She told investigators that she thought that she was a Us. Citizen because her mother is a naturalized Us. Citizen, and it told her that she got her citizenship when her mother became a citizen. …
The NPR Politics Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The AP report describes Pamele Arbues Line as a legal permanent resident arrested after a naturalization interview in San Diego, and the News Tribune calls her a lawful permanent resident.[1][3]
Context. No source gives the date she became a lawful permanent resident, so the 1982 date is not addressed. The only 1982 material is general immigration regulation and a 1982 asylum decision that do not concern her.[1][2][3][4]
Context. The 1982 date appears only in the NPR podcast passage, which is the claimant's own words and cannot corroborate the claim. The claim matches that passage faithfully, so it is not an extraction addition.
Sources
4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 2 not rated
- 1Immigrants seeking US citizenship targeted in Trump administration's illegal voting crackdownapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 28 CFR 245a.15 -- Continuous residence in an unlawful status since prior to January 1, 1982, through May 4, 1988.ecfr.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Filipino woman in Nevada charged with misdemeanor ...thenewstribune.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4PORTALEScourtlistener.com · not rated · cited for: context
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