Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near
Officials say the effort has produced some legitimate cases, but federal law and court rulings have limited broad voter-roll purges before the midterms.
- Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump's sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn't produced large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm elections, as Supreme Court protections limit immediate impact.
- The Trump administration repurposed SAVE, previously used to verify benefit eligibility, into a citizenship verification tool that Republicans hail as a powerful measure to ensure voter roll accuracy.
- Critics including the Center for Democracy & Technology warn that SAVE relies on outdated data, creating false positives; studies show noncitizen voting is extremely rare, with the Census identifying just 0.015% in 2020.
- Separately, District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan on Monday blocked the administration's attempt to require SAVE for FEMA grants, while the Supreme Court allowed limited access despite the National Voter Registration Act's quiet period.
- The Supreme Court is set to hold oral arguments in December regarding the National Voter Registration Act's quiet period, potentially giving states more leeway to purge voters in future elections.
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Trump ramps up noncitizen voting prosecutions
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration is ramping up criminal prosecutions of noncitizens accused of voting in U.S. elections as he presses claims of widespread election fraud ahead of the November midterms.
Trump’s Noncitizen Voting Push Finds Few Verified Cases Before Midterms
Washington, DC — President Donald Trump’s administration has made noncitizen voting a major election-integrity issue ahead of the midterms, but available evidence continues to show that illegal voting by noncitizens is extremely rare. The administration has expanded use of the federal SAVE database and pressed states to search voter rolls for potentially ineligible registrations. The effort has produced some legitimate cases, but not evidence of…
Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near • Washington State Standard
Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm elections. Even a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision giving states access to a supercharged Department of Homeland Security computer program to verify voters’ citizenship will have […]
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Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near
Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm elections. Even a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision giving states access to a supercharged Department of Homeland Security computer program to verify voters’ citizenship will have […]
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