Homeland Security Secretary Alleges 250,000 Non-Citizens Registered in Four States

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin sent letters to California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Nevada alleging a combined 250,000 non-citizens were registered to vote. The letters followed a White House news conference in which Mullin repeated the total and added that 23 cooperating states had identified another 28,000 non-citizens on their rolls.

The 250,000 estimate was derived from commercial databases, a White House official said.

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission reported more than 211 million active registered voters nationwide for the 2024 general election and more than 158 million ballots counted. The claimed figure equals roughly 0.1 percent of all registered voters and 0.6 percent of the nearly 40 million registered across the four states.

Department of Homeland Security preliminary reviews listed up to 190,832 non-citizens in California, 35,152 in New Jersey, 15,903 in Nevada and 14,576 in Pennsylvania. Federal law bars non-citizens from voting in federal elections, and no state permits non-citizens to vote in statewide contests.

Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt said the state's voter rolls are properly maintained and updated.

Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar called the numbers wildly speculative and said the Department of Homeland Security had not shared supporting data. California Secretary of State Shirley Weber stated that the information provided does not inspire confidence in the methodology or conclusions. Other states that conducted citizenship audits reported far smaller numbers.

Georgia found 20 non-citizens among 8. Ohio identified 597 non-citizens out of roughly 8.2 million registered voters, with 138 appearing to have cast ballots. Texas reported 2,724 potential non-citizens among more than 18.