DHS Flags 256,000 Potential Noncitizen Voters in 4 States, Seeks Records Review by July 24
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 16
DHS Flags 256,000 Potential Noncitizen Voters in 4 States, Seeks Records Review by July 24
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 16
Summary
More than 256,000 voter registrations in California, New Jersey, Nevada and Pennsylvania may belong to noncitizens, DHS told state election officials in letters dated Friday.
DHS said a preliminary match of public voter rolls against federal immigration records found thousands of likely overlaps, including 81,336 in California and 19,497 in New Jersey with matching names, birth dates, addresses and Social Security numbers.
California accounted for the largest estimate at 190,832 potential noncitizen registrants, followed by 35,152 in New Jersey, 15,903 in Nevada and 14,576 in Pennsylvania.
July 24 is the deadline DHS gave the four states to contact the department so it can share immigration records and help verify identities before any action is taken on voter rolls.
The outreach fits the Trump administration's broader push for states to use federal immigration data to tighten election-security and voter-eligibility checks ahead of future federal elections.