The Trump administration claimed there were 300,000 non-citizen voters.
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Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026
The claim is extracted faithfully from the passage and concerns the act of claiming. Multiple sources report that DHS and Secretary Mullin publicly claimed about 300,000 potential noncitizen voters, though they describe these as potential or under-investigation cases rather than confirmed noncitizen voters.
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… But what could cause harm or alter results is the mass disenfranchisement of voters, scaring naturalized citizens into not voting, and DHS forcibly deregistering lawful US citizen voters because of their wildly inaccurate voter verification system. Now, regarding the massive numbers thrown around by the Trump admin, like 300,000 non-citizen voters, 16,000 flagged in Nevada, it's not yet clear if the new SAVE system is where DHS is getting those numbers. But considering the fact that the 185, quote, manually confirmed cases in Nevada turned out to be all US citizens, you cannot take anything DHS is saying at face value. …
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Supports. NewsNation (Oct 14) reports DHS said it insists there are potentially 300,000 more illegally registered voters who could be targeted for investigation.[1]
Supports. Democracy Docket (Oct 31) reports DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin claimed the department is investigating 300,000 cases of potential noncitizen voting.[2]
Supports. Court filings reported by the Sacramento Bee and San Luis Obispo Tribune describe a government-compiled list of 300,000 people that included many US citizens.[3]
Context. Ground News (Nov 1) says DHS claims 300,000 'potential' noncitizens after reviewing over 100 million records, while noting the figure has narrowed in practice and the number of prosecutions is far smaller.[5]
Context. The claim's wording 'there were 300,000 non-citizen voters' overstates the qualified framing used by DHS ('potential' or 'under investigation'); sources dispute that such a number reflects actual noncitizen voters.[4][6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 6 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1Why DHS and DOJ use special agents to 'root out' alleged ...newsnationnow.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 2DHS Secretary Mullin claims 300,000 noncitizens under ...democracydocket.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Suit claims Trump administration targets alleged non-citizen voters with flawed datasanluisobispo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Why Trump's big claims of voter fraud have yielded so few ... - CNNcnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 5Why Trump’s big claims of voter fraud have yielded so few prosecutionsground.news · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Throwing everything at the wall: Inside Trump's wild 24-hour planalternet.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 7States push back on Trump's noncitizen voting claimsabcnews.com · not rated · cited for: context
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