The 28 individuals charged with voting crimes were green card holders who registered to vote.
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Up First from NPROct 20, 2026
The DOJ primary release and tier-1 AP coverage confirm all 28 charged people are green card holders, and the charges include fraudulent voter registration. The claim drops the post's qualifier "allegedly": registration is a charge, not an established fact, and the sources say some defendants face only naturalization-application or voting charges, and some deny recalling registration.
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… Are these two things related somehow? Yes. So, the 28 people charged yesterday were supposedly on this broader list of 20,000 names that was provided to local officials. These were all green card holders who allegedly registered to vote. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent Maccottor announced the charges at a press conference yesterday. This Department of Justice will not look the other way while non-citizens vote in federal elections. …
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Supports. The DOJ release states all 28 foreign nationals charged are lawful permanent residents (green card holders).[1][2]
Supports. The charges include fraudulent voter registration for some defendants and false statements on naturalization applications for others; NewsNation describes the charged people as signing up to vote and, in many cases, voting.[2][3][4]
Context. Registration is an allegation in federal charges, not an established fact; some defendants told the LA Times they had no memory of registering, and the claim omits the post's "allegedly" qualifier.[3][5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Justice Department charges more than 2 dozen in ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Justice Department Charges 28 Foreign Nationals in California for Election Crimesjustice.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3DOJ charges 28 in California with voting crimes as election tensions escalatenpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 428 California green-card holders charged; 11 arrested for voter fraudnewsnationnow.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5California residents accused by feds of voter fraud react ...latimes.com · not rated · cited for: context
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