Crime & Justice
DOJ charges 28 green card holders in California voting crackdown
October 20, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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2 reports · 1 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 3 hours
The US Justice Department has charged 28 green card holders in California with fraudulently registering to vote and casting illegal ballots, escalating its crackdown ahead of the midterm elections.
- The department charged 28 permanent residents with voter-registration and illegal-voting offenses, with 11 arrested across California.
- The DOJ asked a court to order California to separate mail ballots of 20,000 voters it suspects are noncitizens pending citizenship verification.
- California Secretary of State Shirley Weber called the demands "outrageous," citing "vague and unsubstantiated allegations" from federal officials.
- Attorney General Rob Bonta's office said the 28 charged represent about 0.0001% of California's 23 million registered voters, not evidence of widespread fraud.