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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 2
Federal Agents Arrest Amandeep Kaur Over 2024 Vote as 220 Face Charges in 28 States
Updated
Updated · The New York Times · Nov 2

Federal Agents Arrest Amandeep Kaur Over 2024 Vote as 220 Face Charges in 28 States

3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 2

Summary

  • Amandeep Kaur, a 30-year-old legal permanent resident from India, turned herself in at a Los Angeles courthouse last Monday and was taken into federal custody on a voter-fraud case.
  • Court documents say she registered to vote in 2022, cast a ballot in the 2024 election despite not being a U.S. citizen, and later lied about that history on her naturalization application.
  • More than 220 people in 28 states had been charged by Friday in voting-violation cases during President Trump’s second term, part of a monthslong federal push to find, arrest and publicize alleged voter fraud.
  • That crackdown has swept up immigrants seeking citizenship, with some taken from their homes, some ordered to surrender, and some brought before judges in shackles; at least one man remains jailed in Texas.

Insights

With federal audits flagging thousands, what happens when the government's voter fraud list targets innocent citizens by mistake?
Could a simple misunderstanding of an English form cost a legal resident their chance at the American dream?