An immigration attorney stated on Fox 13 that he has seen at least one case a month of non-citizens voting over his 25 years of practicing immigration law.
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unDivided with Brandi KruseOct 27, 2026
No provided source contains the immigration attorney's statement on Fox 13 that he has seen at least one case a month over 25 years, so the claim cannot be confirmed or refuted.
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What was said
… That's 0.000006%, only 15 instances. Listen to what this immigration attorney, who's had clients in this situation, tells Fox 13 in response to what Steve Hobbs said right there: Well, I've seen this for years. I've seen at least one case a month over my 25 years of practicing immigration law. What I'm seeing now is the government actually enforcing the law. I think they're just fed up with what's been going on in states like Washington State, where the state saying it's not happening. It is. I've seen it for years. …
unDivided with Brandi Kruse · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. The Fox 13 article in the sources [5] covers the Justice Department's request to set aside about 400 ballots, but the excerpt contains no immigration attorney quote about monthly cases.[1]
Context. The only attorney in the sources is Len Saunders, quoted by KIRO 7 about non-citizens unknowingly registering when getting a Washington driver's license; he is not the speaker named in the claim and gives no one-case-a-month figure.[2]
Context. Broader research sources describe noncitizen voting as rare and mostly the result of mistakes rather than fraud, but they do not address this attorney's personal caseload or statement.[3][4][5]
Sources
5 sources: 5 not rated
- 1Feds ask WA to set aside 400 ballots from suspected noncitizensfox13seattle.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 2WA attorney says non-citizens unknowingly register to vote while ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 3Noncitizen Voting is Vanishingly Rare - Brennan Center for ...brennancenter.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 4Fact or fiction: Noncitizens and elections - Acacia Center for Justiceacaciajustice.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Unpacking Myths About Noncitizen Voting — How Heritage ...americanimmigrationcouncil.org · not rated · cited for: context
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