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U.S. non-citizen voter registration errors and ICE data use
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A federal review and analysis of official records have identified approximately 30,000 non-citizens who were mistakenly added to voter rolls across various U.S. states since 2000. These errors occurred errors, occurring in states governed by both Democrats and Republicans and Republicans, are attributed to administrative failures, such as software glitches and clerical mistakes during driver’s license processing. Recent developments involving U.S. Immigration Specific findings include over 35,000 potential registrations in California and Customs Enforcement (ICE) more than 10,000 in New York. In New Jersey, officials acknowledged 6,600 non-citizens on voter rolls, noting that roughly 400 had illegally cast ballots between June 2023 and June 2024 due to an automated system error. While some officials have expanded the scope of data usage regarding characterized these records. findings as evidence of widespread fraud, experts noted in a Reuters report that the numbers are “too small … to impact elections” compared to the nation’s 170 million registered voters. Internal documents obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests by the organization Democracy Forward reveal that ICE U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) accessed more than 100 million voter registration records to identify potential non-citizen voters and other alleged electoral irregularities. According to the documents, voters. This included 50.6 million records were provided by from the Department of Justice, including unredacted lists from over a dozen Republican-led states. An additional Justice and 48.4 million records were gathered by a senior advisor to the Director of ICE and the Secretary of Homeland Security. These lists included public voter data from states such as California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Nevada. By cross-referencing these records with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) files, ICE generated over 1,500 investigative leads for regional offices. leads. Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward, characterized the revealed information described this as ‘an “an alarming attempt by the executive power to undermine our elections.’ elections.” Concurrently, USCIS data shows a sharp decline in naturalization approvals for the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, dropping to approximately 57,700 from previous highs. Meanwhile, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee has issued subpoenas to New Jersey officials regarding the state's registration errors.
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