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Texas Flags 2,724 Potential Noncitizens on Voter Rolls After Federal Database Check

County officials are issuing 30-day notices to verify citizenship under the state’s Chapter 16 process.

HOUSTON, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 5: People vote at the Westfield Road Volunteer Fire Department Station 2 of the East Aldine Community on November 5, 2024 in Houston, Texas. Americans cast their ballots today in the presidential race between Republican nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as multiple state elections that will determine the balance of power in Congress. (Photo by Danielle Villasana/Getty Images)
Cameron County Department of Elections early voting clerk Rebecca Salazar adds the second of two locks to the ballot box Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, before the day's opening of the early voting polling location for the Texas midterm elections in Harlingen, Texas.
AUSTIN, TEXAS - AUGUST 15: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks alongside U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins during a news conference in the State Capitol on August 15, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins held a press conference discussing the recent rise of threats presented by the New World screwworm disease. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Overview

  • State election officials compared roughly 18 million voter records against USCIS’s SAVE database and identified 2,724 registrants as possible noncitizens.
  • Lists were sent to all 254 counties, which have begun mailing notices; registrations can be canceled for nonresponse but are reinstated immediately if proof of citizenship is later provided.
  • The largest tallies were reported in Harris (362), Dallas (277), Bexar (201) and El Paso (165) counties, with flags spread across most of the state.
  • Texas credits newly granted, no-cost, direct access to SAVE under the Trump administration for enabling the crosscheck, calling the data a “game changer.”
  • Voting-rights groups and the Brennan Center warn SAVE can contain incomplete or outdated information and have filed a class-action suit over its expansion, as Texas notes prior referrals, including 33 names from the 2024 election, with additional referrals to the Attorney General possible after reviews.