Homeland Security Secretary Exposes Massive Non-Citizen Voter Registration in Key States
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Markwayne Mullin reveals a federal review found up to 250,000 non-citizens registered to vote in California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Nevada. Despite pushback from liberal officials and so-called experts, the findings highlight urgent threats to election integrity.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced to reporters that a federal analysis has uncovered as many as 250,000 non-citizens registered to vote in the crucial states of California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Nevada. The administration has not yet released the full data or detailed the methodology, but the scale of the problem is clear. Mullin also reported that an additional 28,000 non-citizens were discovered in 23 other states that have shared voter data with the federal government, underscoring the national scope of the issue.
Election-integrity experts, many with ties to left-leaning organizations, have tried to downplay the findings, claiming the estimate relies on commercial databases that could produce false positives. David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research, argued the data might include eligible voters and warned that removing them could violate the law. However, these objections ignore the real risk posed by lax registration systems.
State officials in the four states named by Mullin quickly went on the defensive. Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt insisted the state’s rolls are regularly updated and that non-citizen voting is “extremely rare.” Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar called the numbers “wildly speculative” and complained about a lack of evidence. California Secretary of State Shirley Weber said the state would review the methodology but cast doubt on its reliability, reflecting a pattern of resistance to transparency.
Federal law prohibits non-citizens from voting in federal elections, but some local jurisdictions have recklessly allowed non-citizen participation in municipal contests. Past audits in other states have found only a handful of non-citizens on voter rolls, but the true extent of the problem remains unknown due to limited data sharing and political obstruction.
These revelations come as the Trump administration continues its essential efforts to tighten voting requirements, including executive orders and lawsuits demanding voter-registration data from states. While courts have blocked some measures, often siding with states that refuse to cooperate, the administration’s actions highlight the urgent need to safeguard America’s elections.