Most of the immigrants targeted by federal authorities in California this week for alleged voter fraud had applied for U.S. citizenship and now face charges related to lying on forms or during interviews. Those charges could lead to years in prison and thwart their efforts to naturalize.
Ricardo Almanza was 25 when he was arrested. On Thursday, when he walked out of the Preventive Detention Center in the San Mateo Xalpa neighborhood of southern Mexico City, he was 49.