DHS finds over 256,000 noncitizens on voter rolls in four blue states
The battle over election integrity exploded back into the national spotlight Friday after the Department of Homeland Security announced that a preliminary review found more than 256,000 potential noncitizens registered to vote across four Democrat-controlled states.
According to letters sent by DHS to election officials in California, New Jersey, Nevada, and Pennsylvania, the department compared publicly available voter registration data with federal immigration records and identified what it described as a significant number of registrants whose information matched noncitizen records in federal databases.
The numbers immediately grabbed attention.
DHS estimates there could be as many as 190,832 potential noncitizen registrants in California, 35,152 in New Jersey, 15,903 in Nevada, and 14,576 in Pennsylvania. The department said thousands of records in each state included matching names, birth dates, addresses, and Social Security information linked to noncitizens in federal systems.
Homeland Security officials described the findings as preliminary and said they notified state election authorities so they could conduct further reviews and remove any ineligible voters if necessary. The department also offered assistance through the federal SAVE verification system, which is designed to help verify citizenship status.
According to letters sent by DHS to election officials in California, New Jersey, Nevada, and Pennsylvania, the department compared publicly available voter registration data with federal immigration records and identified what it described as a significant number of registrants whose information matched noncitizen records in federal databases.
The numbers immediately grabbed attention.
DHS estimates there could be as many as 190,832 potential noncitizen registrants in California, 35,152 in New Jersey, 15,903 in Nevada, and 14,576 in Pennsylvania. The department said thousands of records in each state included matching names, birth dates, addresses, and Social Security information linked to noncitizens in federal systems.
Homeland Security officials described the findings as preliminary and said they notified state election authorities so they could conduct further reviews and remove any ineligible voters if necessary. The department also offered assistance through the federal SAVE verification system, which is designed to help verify citizenship status.
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