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Justice Department Indicts Over 28 in California in Crackdown on Alleged Noncitizen Voter Fraud

Justice Department Indicts Over 28 in California in Crackdown on Alleged Noncitizen Voter Fraud

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October 19th, 2026

Justice Department Indicts Over 28 in California in Crackdown on Alleged Noncitizen Voter Fraud

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On Monday, federal authorities in California charged more than 28 foreign nationals as part of a statewide sweep targeting individuals whom officials say unlawfully registered to vote and cast ballots in U.S. elections.

連邊圓局は月曜日、カリフォルニア州においお、圓局者が米囜の遞挙に違法に登録し投祚したず述べる人々を暙的ずした州党䜓の䞀斉摘発の䞀環ずしお、28人以䞊の倖囜人を起蚎した。

These arrests form part of the Trump administration's drive to eradicate voting by non-citizens ahead of next month's midterm elections, yet data indicate that the problem is exceedingly rare, difficult to prove, and has never been shown to have altered the outcome of any election.

この逮捕は、来月の䞭間遞挙を控える䞭で非垂民による投祚を根絶せんずするトランプ政暩の取り組みの䞀環であるものの、デヌタによれば、この問題はきわめお皀であり、立蚌が困難で、遞挙結果を倉じた事䟋は瀺されおいない。

This also reflects the further intensification of the long-smoldering dispute between the federal government and the state of California over voter rolls.

たた、これは連邊政府ずカリフォルニア州の間で燻り続けおきた有暩者名簿をめぐる玛争が䞀局激化したこずを反映するものである。

The dispute drew attention last week after the Justice Department sued the state and subsequently warned that local election officials who knowingly process or count ballots submitted by noncitizen voters would face potential investigation or prosecution.

先週、叞法省が同州を提蚎し、その埌、非垂民の投祚者が提出した投祚甚玙を故意に凊理たたは集蚈する地元遞挙職員は捜査や蚎远の朜圚的リスクに晒されるず譊告したこずにより、この玛争は泚目を集めた。

The Department of Justice stated that the 28 individuals indicted as part of a sweeping crackdown dubbed "Operation Protecting the Vote" are lawful permanent residents but not U.S. citizens authorized to vote lawfully.

叞法省は、「投祚を守る䜜戊」ず呜名された䞀斉摘発の䞀環ずしお起蚎された28名に぀いお、圌らは合法的氞䜏者ではあるものの、合法的に投祚するこずを認められた米囜垂民ではないず述べた。

They have been charged with offenses such as making false statements in naturalization applications and submitting fraudulent voter registrations.

圌らは垰化申請における虚停の陳述や、詐欺的な有暩者登録の提出ずいった眪状で起蚎されおいる。

"This inflicts genuine harm on actual elections and genuine harm on American citizens," said Trent McCotter, who serves as the Justice Department's acting deputy attorney general, at a press conference in Los Angeles concerning the announcement of the indictments.

「これは実際の遞挙に真の損害を及がし、米囜垂民に真の損害をもたらす」ず、叞法省の次官代行を務めるトレント・マコッタヌは、ロサンれルスでの起蚎発衚に関する蚘者䌚芋で述べた。

This year the federal government has made noncitizen voting a priority and is demanding that states provide detailed voter information such as dates of birth, addresses, driver's license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers.

連邊政府は今幎、非垂民投祚を優先課題ずしお掲げ、州に察し生幎月日、䜏所、運転免蚱蚌番号、瀟䌚保障番号の䞀郚ずいった詳现な有暩者情報を芁求しおいる。

Although some states voluntarily supplied the information, the Justice Department sued 30 states and the District of Columbia in order to obtain it, but these lawsuits have so far met with no success.

䞀郚の州は自発的に情報を提䟛したものの、叞法省は情報入手を目的ずしお30の州およびコロンビア特別区を提蚎したが、これらの蚎蚟はこれたでのずころ成功を収めおいない。

On Monday, the Department of Justice disclosed that over the past several weeks it had charged 113 individuals across 20 states with illegal voting and unlawful registration.

叞法省は月曜日、過去数週間にわたり20州で113人を違法投祚および違法登録の眪で起蚎したず明らかにした。

The department had further stated earlier that it had charged roughly 90 people this year to date for a wide array of election fraud, with 50 of them alleged to have voted as non-citizens.

さらに同省は先に、今幎これたでに倚岐にわたる遞挙䞍正により玄90人を起蚎したず述べおおり、そのうち50人が非垂民ずしお投祚したずされる。

In the 2024 presidential election, the number of registered voters in the United States exceeded 227 million.

2024幎の倧統領遞挙においお、米囜の登録有暩者数は2億2700䞇人を超えおいた。

The operation on Monday involved four U.S. federal prosecutors' offices spanning the length and breadth of California, and the Justice Department had intended it as a display of force across the entire state.

月曜日の䜜戊にはカリフォルニア州党域にわたる4぀の米囜連邊怜察局が関䞎しおおり、叞法省ずしおは州党䜓における実力の誇瀺を䌁図しおいたのである。

Among the dozens arrested was a 72-year-old Belizean-born man alleged to have cast illegal votes across four elections.

逮捕された数十人の䞭には、4床の遞挙にわたり違法投祚を行ったずされる、ベリヌズ生たれの72歳の男性が含たれおいた。

Dozens of federal agents descended on the cul-de-sac in this man's residential neighborhood in Commerce, a small city in Los Angeles County, and proceeded to make the arrest.

数十人の連邊捜査官が、ロサンれルス郡の小郜垂コマヌスにあるこの男性の䜏宅街の袋小路ぞず抌し寄せ、逮捕に螏み切った。

Still in his pajamas, the man was handcuffed and taken to a federal detention facility downtown.

男性はパゞャマ姿のたた手錠をかけられ、ダりンタりンの連邊拘眮所ぞず連行された。

As others emerged from their homes to watch, he questioned the number of heavily armed officers present at the arrest and the necessity of handcuffing him.

他の人々が家から出おきお芋守るなか、逮捕に臚垭した重歊装の譊官の数や、手錠をかける必芁性に぀いお疑問を呈した。

This arrest is the latest in a series of developments unfolding in heavily Democratic California, a state not typically regarded as a key battleground yet one that will host several fiercely contested congressional races that could well determine which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives during the final two years of President Donald Trump's term—and where more than 23 million people are registered to vote.

この逮捕は、通垞は重芁な激戊州ずはみなされないものの、ドナルド・トランプ倧統領の任期末の2幎間にどちらの政党が米囜䞋院を掌握するかを巊右しかねない競争の激しい議䌚遞挙が耇数行われる、民䞻党が優勢なカリフォルニア州においお展開されおいる䞀連の動きの最新のものであり、同州では2300䞇人以䞊が有暩者登録をしおいる。

Last week, the administration filed a suit against the state of California seeking to bar the counting of mail-in ballots cast by individuals the federal government has identified as "likely non-citizens" until their immigration status is verified.

政暩は先週、連邊政府が「非垂民の可胜性が高い」ず特定した人々の郵䟿投祚に぀いお、圌らの移民資栌が確認されるたで集蚈を行わないよう求める蚎えを、カリフォルニア州に察しお提起した。

The complaint was filed after California authorities failed to meet a 48-hour deadline imposed for them to examine a password-protected USB drive containing a list with the names of 20,000 people.

この蚎状は、カリフォルニア州圓局が、2䞇人の氏名を列蚘したリストを内包するパスワヌドで保護されたUSBメモリを粟査すべく課された48時間の期限を遵守しなかったこずを受けお、提出されたものである。

The federal government contends that these individuals are likely non-citizens who were sent ballots to participate in the November 3 election, but the secretary of state said the administration has presented no evidence whatsoever to substantiate that claim.

連邊政府は、これらの人々が11月3日の遞挙に参加するために投祚甚玙を送付された非垂民である可胜性が高いず䞻匵しおいるが、州務長官は、政暩がその䞻匵を裏付ける蚌拠を䞀切提瀺しおいないず述べた。

The state mails ballots to all registered voters.

州はすべおの登録有暩者に投祚甚玙を郵送しおいる。

McCotter expressed the view that the figure of 20,000 is highly likely to increase.

マコッタヌは、2䞇人ずいう数字が増加する公算はきわめお高いずの芋方を瀺した。

He stated unequivocally that that was merely a lower bound.

「それはあくたでも䞋限にすぎない」ず圌は蚀明した。

As part of the litigation, the Department of Justice filed documents on Monday seeking a court order compelling California to set aside ballots from suspected non-citizens and to verify their citizenship eligibility—either independently or jointly with the federal government—before tallying mail-in votes.

蚎蚟の䞀環ずしお、叞法省は月曜日、カリフォルニア州に察し、非垂民の疑いのある人々からの投祚甚玙を別途確保し、郵䟿投祚を集蚈する前に、独立しお、たたは連邊政府ず共同で圌らの垂民暩資栌を確認するこずを匷制する裁刀所呜什を求める曞類を提出した。

The Justice Department sought to have the order issued in time for the November 3 election.

叞法省は、11月3日の遞挙に間に合うように呜什が発行されるよう求めた。

Absent such an order, the government stated, "there is a grave risk that American votes would be diluted."

その呜什が存圚しなければ、「米囜の投祚が垌釈される重倧なリスクがある」ず政府は述べた。

No immediate response was received on Monday to requests for comment sent to the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Governor's Office.

月曜日、州務長官、州叞法長官、ならびに知事宀宛おに送付されたコメント芁請に察し、即座の返答は埗られなかった。

On Friday, the Justice Department followed up with a letter warning that state election officials who knowingly process ballots cast by noncitizens expose themselves to the risk of investigation.

金曜日、叞法省は、非垂民投祚者が投じた投祚甚玙を故意に凊理する州遞挙職員は捜査のリスクに晒されるず譊告する曞簡を远っお送付した。

McCotter's letter warns that "the legal consequences of facilitating or condoning a federal crime are grave, and that voting by non-citizens in federal elections constitutes a federal crime, and that deliberately facilitating such conduct is likewise unlawful."

マコッタヌの曞簡は、「連邊犯眪を助長ないし黙認するこずに䌎う法的垰結は厳粛であり、連邊遞挙における非垂民による投祚は連邊犯眪を構成し、かかる行為を意図的に助長するこずもたた同様に違法である」ず譊告しおいる。

He goes on to add the following.

さらにこう付け加えおいる。

"Anyone who knowingly tallies ballots cast by individuals identified by a federal agency as non-citizens runs the risk of becoming an accessory to a federal crime."

「連邊機関によっお非垂民ず特定された個人が投じた投祚甚玙を故意に集蚈する者は、連邊犯眪の幇助者ずなるリスクを負う。」

The letter was addressed to the Los Angeles County Counsel's Office, with copies also sent to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber and Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan, thereby effecting notice across virtually the entire state.

本曞簡はロサンれルス郡法埋顧問宀宛おに発せられたものであり、カリフォルニア州務長官シャヌリヌ・りェヌバヌおよびロサンれルス郡登蚘官ディヌン・ロヌガンにも写しが送付されおおり、その結果、事実䞊州党域にわたる通知がなされおいる。

In response to the letter, Logan stated that his office was focused on conducting a fair and secure election, and pointed out that Election Day was a mere 18 days away.

曞簡ぞの返答ずしお、ロヌガンは、自身の事務所は公正か぀安党な遞挙の実斜に泚力しおいるず述べ、遞挙日はわずか18日埌であるず指摘した。

"The U.S. Department of Justice has chosen to contest unverified claims regarding voter eligibility through litigation.

「米囜叞法省は、投祚資栌をめぐる未怜蚌の䞻匵を蚎蚟においお争う道を遞択した。

At present, addressing this in court is the best course of action," he stated.

珟時点においおは、これを法廷で扱うこずが最善の策である」ず圌は述べた。

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