Overview
- USCIS says states ran about 49.5 million voter registrations through a DHS immigration-verification tool, leading to roughly 10,000 referrals to Homeland Security Investigations.
- Officials report no evidence of broad illegal voting by immigrants, and the government has not said how many of the flagged individuals actually cast ballots.
- A Justice Department spokeswoman said the administration believed about 10,000 registered noncitizens had been identified, a figure still subject to investigation.
- Local election offices report false positives, citing cases involving naturalized citizens and mistaken registrations; in Charlotte County, Florida, 15 of 176,000 names were flagged, three were erroneous additions, and two were confirmed as naturalized citizens.
- The effort followed President Trump’s push to scrutinize voter rolls after his 2024 claims, and USCIS says the tool is working as intended as HSI and the Justice Department continue follow-ups.