There are 278,000 non-citizen aliens on voter rolls in four states.
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Bannon`s War RoomJul 27, 2026
The claim that 278,000 noncitizens are on voter rolls in four states misstates the DHS figure, which was over 250,000 for four states (California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Nevada), with 278,000 being the broader total. Authoritative fact-checkers and reporters (FactCheck.org, Reuters, Snopes, and state officials) found the figure unsupported or overstated, and DHS has not disclosed its methodology.
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What was said
… get focused on voter fraud, which is a top issue, because the voter fraud in the state of elections is inextricably linked with illegal aliens in the country and foreign nationals being on on voter rolls, no matter how much the Democrats tell us they're not. The 278,000 just in four states, I think one of the biggest bombs was not simply the Chinese Communist Party was trying to take voter rolls and manipulate them. Everybody knows you can buy them commercially. They were hacking them so they can manipulate them, but also 278,000 non-citizen aliens on voter rolls just in four states. That means there are millions and millions and millions. That piece alone is a bombshell. You and Georgia are at the tip of the spear. I would say Arizona and Georgia are the two worst, with Pennsylvania and right behind. …
Bannon`s War Room · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. FactCheck.org rated Trump's 278,000 noncitizen-registration claim as likely highly inaccurate, noting DHS has not explained its methodology and past DHS-derived lists have been unreliable.[1]
Contradicts. Snopes reports that election officials from all four named states denied the DHS allegations, and that DHS provided no supporting evidence for its noncitizen-registration figures.[2]
Contradicts. Reuters found that federal prosecutions under the 'voting by aliens' statute are very few (129 total), undercutting the claim of widespread noncitizen voter registration and voting.[3]
Contradicts. Spokesman/ADN reporting says the 278,000 figure is significantly overstated, that it covered only some states, and that Nevada's Secretary of State said DHS shared nothing to back it up.[5][6]
Context. The 278,000 figure was Trump's total from his July 16 address; DHS's own breakdown was over 250,000 across four states, and the claim's 'just in four states' framing departs slightly from the record, though the post itself used that framing.[4][7][8]
Context. The DHS 'over 250,000' figure is derived from public voter files that do not contain citizenship data, by a method DHS never stated; the verified SAVE-system figure is about 28,000 across 25 states.[9]
Sources
9 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 5 not rated
- 1FactChecking Trump's Election Security Speechfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2Noncitizens don't vote in large numbers in US elections. Here's proofsnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 3Trump claims voting by noncitizens is rampant in America. The ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 4President Trump Exposes Bombshell Evidence of Foreign Election ...whitehouse.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 5Trump says 278,000 noncitizens are on voting rolls. Experts say that's wrongspokesman.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6Trump claims 278,000 noncitizens are on voting rolls. Experts say that's wrong.adn.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 7[PDF] PREVENTING ALIEN VOTING - FactCheck.orgcdn.factcheck.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 8CREW sues for records on noncitizen voting numberscitizensforethics.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 9www.globalsecurity.org › intell › libraryAnalysis — Noncitizens on State Voter Rollsglobalsecurity.org · not rated · cited for: context
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