The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that 185 individuals on the Nevada voter rolls were not U.S. citizens after a manual review.
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Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026
The sources support that DHS told Nevada officials it had manually confirmed 185 voters as noncitizens, so the act of confirming is documented.
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What was said
… After this meeting, DHS emailed Nevada officials, clarifying, quote, "We did not reduce the 15,903 to 185. We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not Us. Citizens, unquote. 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. …
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Contradicts. Nevada's Deputy Attorney General wrote to DHS on September 23 that the state's records indicate all 185 individuals were citizens and that DHS had provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise.[1][2][4][5]
Contradicts. Nevada's Secretary of State said the state's investigation found no credible evidence, and DHS's own later statement referred to at least 2,000 noncitizens on the initial list rather than the 185 figure.[1][3]
Supports. DHS told Nevada election officials in meetings and emails that it had confirmed 185 noncitizen cases after manual review, according to emails and a video seen by Reuters.[1][6][7][8]
Context. DHS disputes Nevada's citizenship findings, arguing that verifying citizenship by attestation is not proof, and it has not released the matching data points behind the 185 figure.[6][7]
Sources
8 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 3 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1Seven subpoenas engulf Nevada election chief in key midterm battlereuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 2Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for nowapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 3Nevada Week | Election Integrity | Season 9 | Episode 15pbs.org · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts
- 4Nevada says DHS lacks proof that 185 voters on rolls are noncitizensrgj.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5Nevada Says All Voters Flagged Are Actually U.S. Citizensmediaite.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6DHS concedes noncitizen voter numbers it touted are inflated ...npr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 7Inside the Trump administration’s lists of alleged noncitizen ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 8Nevada says 185 people flagged by DHS were citizensreviewjournal.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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