Fact-checking the Trump administration’s count of 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls – Politifact

Let’s take a closer look at what the buzzy 250,000 figure could mean — and what it doesn’t…

 https://politifact.com/article/2026/jul/17/mullin-dhs-250000-noncitizen-voters-trump/

 

The Goal Of The Save Act Is To Disenfranchise Millions Of Americans

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/buOecmF9O3k

 

Five claims the president made in primetime address not backed up by evidence

…The Department of Homeland Security did not reveal its methodology for identifying the noncitizens and how confident they were in their assessment. The tool the Department of Homeland Security uses to flag noncitizens on the voter rolls is known to be inaccurate. 

Letters from the Department of Homeland Security sent on Thursday to Nevada and Pennsylvania obtained by the Guardian also suggest that the government is much less certain that the people identified are actually noncitizens. The Nevada letter says the department identified as many as 15,903 noncitizens who were registered to vote, including 8,576 whose name, date of birth, address and social security number matched that of a noncitizen in its files. It did not say how it flagged the remaining potential noncitizens. .

“These numbers are wildly speculative at best and the Department of Homeland Security hasn’t shared anything that backs it up,” Cisco Aguilar, the Democratic Nevada secretary of state, said in a statement…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/17/trump-claims-primetime-address

 

Trump administration threatens states with criminal charges in elections fight

State officials call federal demands for voter data ‘truly bizarre behavior’ amid unproven noncitizen voting claims…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/08/trump-administration-voter-election-crackdown 

Appeals court rules against ICE’s mandatory detention policy - POLITICO

In a 3-0 ruling, a panel of the New York-based 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals found that ICE’s policy was based on a flawed, implausible and unprecedented interpretation of decades-old laws. But more fundamentally, the panel said the Trump administration’s position would raise acute constitutional concerns by instituting “the broadest mass detention-without-bond mandate in our Nation’s history for millions of noncitizens.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/28/ice-mandatory-detention-appeals-court-ruling-00895115

SAVE Tool Keeps Mistakenly Flagging Voters as Noncitizens, Sparking Confusion for States — ProPublica

Widespread Errors: An expanded federal tool for identifying noncitizens on voter rolls is making persistent mistakes, particularly in assessing citizenship for people born outside the U.S. 

 Banned From Voting: In Missouri, state officials told local clerks to temporarily ban flagged voters from casting ballots, even though hundreds turned out to be citizens. 

Texas Confusion: As errors emerged in SAVE data, local clerks said the state hadn't provided them with clear guidance and worried about disenfranchising eligible citizens...

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/13/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistakes-confusion/ 

 

Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting

In a social media post beginning with "a very happy Thanksgiving," sent after 11pm on Thursday, the US president said his administration would "end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens" and remove "anyone who is not a net asset to the United States". 

It as not clear how the president would enact such a "pause" in migration. Previous bans issued by his administration have faced challenges in the courts and in Congress...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/trump-says-he-will-permanently-pause-migration-from-third-world-countries-after-national-guard-shooting 

Judge grants preliminary injunction blocking Youngkin voting order - The Washington Post

The Justice Department argued that eligible voters were getting swept up in the state's effort to remove noncitizens...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/10/25/youngkin-voting-law-injunction-noncitizens/

DOJ Sues Alabama For Purging Voters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3KCfigtH6A

Republican House Speaker IMPLODES As Trump Chaos Gets Spectacularly Worse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbTyY90yLSA

Trump echoes racist conspiracy theory about noncitizens voting : NPR

Democratic opponents of these measures say the current system is already working to deter noncitizens from voting, as evidenced by the very small number of documented cases. 

They also say the proposed federal legislation would make it harder for some eligible U.S. citizens to vote, especially voters of color, who are more likely to lack access to a document proving their citizenship, like a birth certificate or passport. 

The decision by Republicans to fixate on this bill on the eve of the election — when it is already too late to change protocols for this contest — indicates the goal is to provide "oxygen for lies in the post-election period if Trump loses," said David Becker, the executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research. 

"You can absolutely bet if Trump loses, he will claim there was widespread noncitizen voting without any evidence whatsoever," Becker said. "And that is going to incite anger and potentially violence."…

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/13/g-s1-22583/trump-great-replacement-conspiracy-theory

Elon Musk’s misleading election claims reach millions and alarm election officials - The Washington Post

The X billionaire's false posts about noncitizen voting spur officials to fact-check him, lead to requests to purge voter rolls, and add to worries about threats, election officials say...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/10/elon-musk-illegal-immigrant-voting-misinformation/

Republicans threaten a government shutdown unless Congress makes it harder to vote | Vox

There is no evidence that noncitizens vote in US federal elections in any meaningful numbers, and states typically have safeguards in place to prevent them from doing so. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, for example, claims to have identified 1,634 "potential noncitizens" who attempted to register during a 15-year period. But these possible noncitizens were caught by election officials and were never registered…

https://www.vox.com/politics/370713/republican-government-shutdown-save-act-voter-disenfranchisement

False claims about noncitizens voting are having a real impact : NPR

The baseless claim that Democrats will attempt to steal the upcoming election by encouraging recently arrived migrants to vote illegally has become a key talking point for former President Donald Trump and his allies this campaign season. 

That narrative sowing doubt about the validity of the U.S. electoral system is likely to be invoked by Trump and his supporters as a basis for denying election results should he lose...

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/30/nx-s1-5091032/noncitizens-voting-election-gop-texas-tennessee-alabama

Why Republicans Are Lying About Noncitizens Voting

Republicans are claiming that noncitizens are voting in federal elections and causing massive voter fraud. The only issue with their statements is that they’re not true. Noncitizens cannot vote in federal elections, states have safeguards in place to ensure only eligible voters cast ballots and there is little evidence noncitizens are voting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV2IVsIn-Mc

Trump and Johnson spread unfounded fears by urging non-citizen voting ban

The idea that non-citizens are voting in US elections in large numbers is a lie. Several studies have shown that the number of non-citizens who successfully vote is extremely small. For example, a 2017 analysis by the Brennan Center for Justice of 42 jurisdictions in the US found that non-citizens were 0.0001% of the votes cast.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/17/trump-johnson-non-citizen-voting-ban

PolitiFact | California is not registering noncitizens to vote in elections

California does not allow noncitizens to vote in elections. Eligible voters must be 18, a citizen of the United States and a resident of California…

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/18/facebook-posts/california-not-registering-noncitizens-vote-electi/

Misinformation Follows House Approval of H.R. 1 - FactCheck.org

Q: Did House passage of H.R. 1 allow noncitizens to vote? A: No. That bill would enact a host of changes to election laws, but it does not permit noncitizens to vote...
https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/misinformation-follows-house-approval-of-h-r-1/

Inaccurate claims of noncitizen voting in Texas reflect a growing trend in Republican states - The Washington Post

A number of bungled proclamations show the data is easy to misinterpret, prompting voting-rights advocates to accuse Republicans of intentional voter suppression. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inaccurate-claims-of-noncitizen-voting-in-texas-reflect-a-growing-trend-in-republican-states/2019/02/06/af376fb0-2994-11e9-b011-d8500644dc98_story.html

Texas Officials Begin Walking Back Allegations About Noncitizen Voters - NPR

Just a few days after alleging nearly 100,000 Texas voters may not be citizens, officials now concede their list may not have been accurate...
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/30/690023531/texas-officials-begin-walking-back-allegations-about-noncitizen-voters