California had a roundup of a couple dozen people for illegal voting, involving a couple thousand illegal criminal aliens.
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The Benny ShowOct 26, 2026
The roundup of about two dozen people is supported: the DOJ charged 28 people in California, 11 of them arrested on Oct. 19, 2026. The 'couple thousand' figure is not supported, since the sweep charged 28 people and the roughly 20,000 names are a DOJ list of 'likely' noncitizens, not charged or established voters.
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… on how that has raised the delta, the cost for getting an illegal vote, pretty significantly, because now, finally, inexplicably, people who vote illegally are being punished, and you're seeing that across the country? The DOJ has done some incredible work. We saw a pretty big roundup in California: a couple dozen people, a couple thousand illegal criminal aliens were voting in California elections, probably a drop in the bucket based on all of the criminal aliens that voted. We hear there's 200,000 registrations in California alone for illegal aliens. …
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Contradicts. The sweep charged 28 people, not a couple thousand. The roughly 20,000 names were a DOJ list of voters it says are 'likely' noncitizens, sent to California, and the charged individuals were drawn from that list.[3][4][5]
Contradicts. AP reports that the problem of noncitizen voting is 'incredibly rare, difficult to prove and has not been shown to change the outcome of races,' which undercuts the claim's implied scale.[1][6]
Supports. The Justice Department charged 28 foreign nationals in California on Oct. 19, 2026, in a statewide sweep, matching the 'couple dozen' figure.[2][3][7][8]
Context. The charges are allegations and the defendants are mostly lawful permanent residents, not citizens; several sources say the 20,000-name list has been called flawed by state leaders and courts.[5][7][9]
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9 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 7 not rated
- 1Justice Department charges more than 2 dozen in ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 211 Foreign Nationals Arrested in California on Federal Charges ...justice.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3DOJ charges 28 people in California with voting crimesrmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 4DOJ charges 28 with unlawful voting, other election-related offenses in Californiaabcnews.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5Ballots, charges and anger: Timeline of the Trump-California noncitizen voting fightfresnobee.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 6Justice Department charges more than 2 dozen in California sweep targeting alleged noncitizen voterscolumbiamissourian.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 7Feds arrest alleged noncitizen voters in California amid ...latimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 8DOJ charges 28 people in California with voting crimesusatoday.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 9Immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship targeted in Trump administration's illegal voting crackdownnbclosangeles.com · not rated · cited for: context
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