Preliminary reviews of voter records by the Department of Homeland Security show 190,000 non-citizens registered to vote in California.
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The Rob Carson ShowAug 25, 2026
DHS did publish a preliminary figure of up to 190,832 registered non-citizens in California in July 2026, but it said only that there "may be as many as" that number and gave no supporting evidence.
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… Yeah, yeah. By the way, Trump highlighted the massive number of illegal voters across the country. The DHS recently said that preliminary reviews of voter records in California, New Jersey, Nevada, and Pennsylvania show the following. Are you ready? 190,000 non-citizen registered in California. They are they can vote. They don't investigate voter fraud in California. 35,000 non-registered or non-citizens registered in New Jersey. 15, almost 16,000 non-citizens in Nevada. 15,000 non-citizens in Pennsylvania. …
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Contradicts. Snopes rated the DHS claim false, saying there was zero evidence for it, DHS provided no supporting information, and Snopes could not reproduce the findings.[1]
Contradicts. FactCheck.org reported that DHS never explained its methodology, that experts warned the figure was likely highly inaccurate, and that past DHS-derived lists had proven unreliable.[2]
Contradicts. The figure did not hold up: the Justice Department later pointed to about 20,000 "likely noncitizens" in California, and a federal judge called the administration's noncitizen voting claims "not credible."[3][4][6]
Supports. The DHS press release of July 17, 2026 stated that preliminary reviews found there "may be as many as 190,832 non-citizens registered to vote in California," so DHS did announce this figure.[5]
Context. Reuters and Newsweek described the July figures as potential registrations rather than ballots cast, and noted DHS did not show that any of those identified had voted.[3][7]
Sources
7 sources: 4 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1DHS claimed 250K noncitizens are registered to vote across 4 states. Here's the truthsnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2FactChecking Trump's Election Security Speechfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 3Explainer: How Trump's noncitizen voter lists could affect the midtermsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, context
- 4Trump administration sues California over voter rolls | AP Newsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 5DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Sends Letters to Secretaries of State Warning About Non-Citizens on Voter Rollsdhs.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 6Trump's claims about noncitizen voting are 'not credible,' a federal judge says in a scathing decisionreason.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts
- 7Justice department investigating 'thousands' of noncitizen votersnewsweek.com · not rated · cited for: context
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