A ProPublica report from February 2026 stated that the Department of Homeland Security had to correct information provided to at least five states after the SAVE database misidentified some voters as non-citizens.

Posted by Behind the Bastards, Oct 3, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Sources: 6 support
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 70%

Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026

A ProPublica and Texas Tribune investigation was published February 13, 2026, and a Votebeat article attributes to ProPublica the finding that SAVE gave incorrect information to at least five states. The sources do not quote the report's exact 'DHS had to correct' wording, but the core claim is supported and the claim matches the post's extraction.

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What we found

Supports. The ProPublica and Texas Tribune report on SAVE misidentifying voters as noncitizens is dated February 13, 2026, which matches the 'February 2026' timing in the claim.[1][3][4]

Supports. Votebeat states that 'a ProPublica investigation found that the system provided incorrect information to at least five states,' directly matching the 'at least five states' element.[5]

Supports. Multiple reports describe the same SAVE misidentification findings, including Texas voters wrongly flagged and Boone County, Missouri clerks finding that more than half the flagged voters were citizens.[2][4][6]

Context. No source directly quotes the report using the phrase 'had to correct information,' so that exact wording is not independently confirmed, though the substance is consistent with the reporting.[3][5]

Context. The claim matches the post's quoted passage, which attributes the statement to a ProPublica report from last February, so the extraction does not add content.