Nevada state officials determined that the 185 individuals flagged by the Department of Homeland Security as non-citizens were actually U.S. citizens.
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Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026
Nevada election officials said their records showed all 185 people DHS flagged as noncitizens were U.S. citizens, and multiple reliable outlets report this. The claim matches the post's wording; the DOJ and DHS dispute whether Nevada's records amount to proof, but that disputes the evidence standard, not Nevada's determination.
What was said
… So, still keeping open the possibility that there could be upwards of 16,000 non-citizens on the voter rolls, which have been flagged, but then DHS themselves narrowed that down to at least a hundred and 85 confirmed cases. So, after this, state officials then checked those 185 alleged non-citizen voters and found that every single one was actually a U s. Citizen. In a letter obtained by The New York Times through an open records request, the deputy attorney general in Nevada, Gray Goat, wrote to DHS, As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens. …
Behind the Bastards · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters reports that Nevada officials said in emails their records indicated all 185 flagged individuals were citizens and that DHS had provided nothing substantive to suggest otherwise.[1]
Supports. A House Judiciary Democrats letter dated October 2026 states that Nevada officials reviewed their own records and determined that all 185 people DHS identified were U.S. citizens eligible to vote.[2]
Supports. CNN quotes a Nevada official's letter to DHS: 'As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens. You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise.'[3]
Supports. Review Journal, Democracy Docket, and Mediaite, all published September 24-25, 2026 (before the post), report the same Nevada determination from the state's letter to DHS.[4][5][6]
Context. A DOJ attorney argued that Nevada's basis, voters attesting to citizenship at registration, does not constitute proof the list was invalid, and a DHS spokesperson said at least 2,000 names on the broader 16,000 list were noncitizens. These dispute the evidentiary weight, not Nevada's determination about the 185.[1][3]
Context. Nevada's determination rests on its own records, and state officials said the DHS data was too vague (only voter ID numbers) to confirm status with absolute certainty.[7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1Seven subpoenas engulf Nevada election chief in key midterm battlereuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2[PDF] October 22, 2026 The Honorable Markwayne Mullin Secretary U.S. ...democrats-judiciary.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Inside the Trump administration’s lists of alleged noncitizen ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 4Nevada Says Every Single Voter DHS Flagged as a Noncitizen Is Actually a U.S. Citizenmediaite.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizensdemocracydocket.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Nevada says 185 people flagged by DHS were citizensreviewjournal.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Nevada says DHS lacks proof that 185 voters on rolls are noncitizensrgj.com · not rated · cited for: context
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Related claims
- The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that 185 individuals on the Nevada voter rolls were not U.S. citizens after a manual review.Mixed
- 185 manually confirmed cases of alleged non-citizen voting in Nevada were determined to be US citizens.True
- Nevada officials identified 185 possible non-citizens on their voter list during meetings with the Department of Homeland Security.Can’t tell
- The Department of Homeland Security identified 16,000 ineligible people on Nevada voter rolls, but could not demonstrate that any were ineligible.Mixed
- The Trump administration claimed 15,908 non-citizens were voting in Nevada, which was later reduced to 185, and all 185 were revealed to be citizens.True