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Trump's noncitizen voter crackdown yields 160 arrests; experts say scale proves fraud is rare

A Homeland Security official disclosed the administration found 1,600 voter fraud cases in 20 months—a fraction of claims and of the 211 million registered voters.

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What to know

  • The Trump administration disclosed 160 arrests from noncitizen voter investigations over 20 months—far below its earlier claims of hundreds of thousands of illegal noncitizen voters on rolls.
  • Election law experts argue the small numbers actually prove what research has long shown: noncitizen voting is extremely rare and states are effective at preventing it.
  • The disclosure comes six weeks before midterm elections that will determine control of Congress; Trump has pursued multiple enforcement and legislative efforts to crack down on noncitizen voting.
  • Many of the 160 arrests result in charges for related offenses like false claims to citizenship, not violations of voting statutes themselves.

“The Trump administration's whole-of-government effort to find and prosecute noncitizens illegally on state voter rolls has resulted in about 1,600 voter fraud cases that have led to 160 arrests.”

Matthew Millhollin, Senior official, Homeland Security Investigations · Philadelphia Inquirer ↗ · Sep 22

Donald TrumpDonald Trump PresidentMatthew Millhollin Senior official, Homeland Security InvestigationsDavid BeckerDavid Becker Former DOJ attorney, Center for Election Innovation and ResearchTrent McCotter Acting Deputy Attorney GeneralDepartment of Homeland SecurityDepartment of Homeland Security Federal agency

Trump's noncitizen voter crackdown yields 160 arrests; experts say scale proves fraud is rare
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Sep 23yesterdaytodaynow · 3:47 PM ET
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    Homeland Security official discloses 160 arrests from noncitizen voter investigations

    Matthew Millhollin, a senior Homeland Security Investigations official, announced at a joint press briefing that the Trump administration's noncitizen voter prosecution effort has resulted in approximately 1,600 voter fraud cases leading to 160 arrests over the past 20 months. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter separately disclosed that the DOJ has charged 70 people with unlawful voting and registration offenses since the administration began.

    “They have tried to manufacture evidence of widespread noncitizen voting, and every time they do, their numbers are incredibly small, even when they're overstated.”
    — David Becker
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    Election experts argue arrest numbers prove noncitizen voting is rare

    David Becker, a former U.S. Justice Department attorney who leads the Center for Election Innovation and Research, characterized the 160 arrests as confirmation that states have effectively kept noncitizens off voter rolls. He noted the numbers fall far short of the hundreds of thousands claimed by Trump and DHS, and represent a tiny fraction of the country's 211 million registered voters.

    “They confirm what we've known for years, which is that states have been doing an extraordinarily good job of keeping noncitizens off their voter lists.”
    — David Becker
    1. 3 outlets Administration's focus on noncitizen voting has led to 160 arrests. Experts say that shows it's rare

      first by Philadelphia Inquirer, 2d ago · also Orlando Sentinel, Mercury News

    2. 1 outlet Trump's focus on noncitizen voting has led to 160 arrests. That shows it's rare, experts say

      first by PBS NewsHour, 1d ago

  3. background

    DHS redirects USCIS staff to manual investigation of voter rolls — According to a federal whistleblower's report, DHS ordered U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services staff to pivot to full-time manual investigation of state voter rolls. The whistleblower alleged the effort directs federal employees to misrepresent themselves on state voter lookup tools in ways that could violate state law.

  4. background

    Trump administration launches whole-of-government noncitizen voter prosecution effort — The administration redirects federal resources and hundreds of employees to search state voter rolls for noncitizens illegally registered to vote.