The Department of Homeland Security is investigating non-citizens on voter rolls across nine states.
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Deadline: White HouseSep 7, 2026
Multiple sources confirm that DHS ran an election-related noncitizen investigation covering nine states (California, Connecticut, Georgia, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin), and PBS says it had been underway since August, before the September 7 post.
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… Just last month, Donald Trump voted by mail again in the state of Florida. Meanwhile, MS now has new reporting on the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to amplify Trump's debunked election lies. As we have covered here during these hours all week, DHS is rapidly expanding its push to hunt down examples of non-citizens who appear on the voter rolls. So far, they're only finding a handful of possible cases to investigate. Quote, across the nine states reportedly targeted in the surge, some said they had yet to hear from Homeland Security about any possible voter fraud investigations. Others were subpoenaed this week for voting history on what amounted to a small number of individuals compared to the state's' voting populations, though …
Deadline: White House · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. NPR reports that DHS field operations aimed at finding noncitizens who illegally voted were conducted in nine states, and a federal judge placed limits on them.[3]
Supports. PBS reports the DHS operation (the Unlawful Voter Initiative) has run since August and applies to nine named states.[4]
Supports. The Daily Record reports DHS's election-related investigations focus on nine states, including California and New York.[5]
Context. Reuters reports DHS is reviewing at least 47 state voter rolls, and AP reports about 1,600 investigations; these describe a broader scope than the nine states but do not contradict that DHS is investigating in those nine states.[1][2]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1White House pushes for speedy review of voter rolls in hunt for noncitizen votersreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Administration's focus on noncitizen voting has led to 160 ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Judge restricts DHS field operations for noncitizen voters - NPRnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4DOJ monitoring plans and DHS voter checks raise concerns ... - PBSpbs.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Judge restricts DHS investigations into noncitizen voting, ...thedailyrecord.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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