An internal Sept. 1 Department of Homeland Security email shows White House pressure to accelerate review of at least 47 state voter rolls obtained for the Unlawful Voter Initiative, Reuters reported via ThePrint on Thursday, Sept. 24. Hundreds of USCIS and Homeland Security Investigations officers were surged; agents were matching rolls enriched with commercial Accurint data against immigration and other federal databases, the email said.
Officials and experts cited in the Reuters package warned of false positives, including U.S. citizens flagged by name similarity or foreign birth. In Nevada, DHS initially cited nearly 16,000 potential noncitizens, then told the state it had verified 185 preliminary cases and declined further detail the secretary of state’s office sought, The New York Times (opens in new tab) reported.
The White House said potential illegal voting cases will be pursued; DHS said its investigative efforts are “conducted diligently and professionally in accordance with the law,” per the Reuters account. Separately, Fox News (opens in new tab) reported DHS letters to California, New Jersey, Nevada, and Pennsylvania alleging preliminary matches that could total more than 256,000 noncitizen registrants across those four states—figures The Event Log attributes as DHS claims pending state verification.
Critics say evidence of widespread noncitizen voting remains thin relative to roughly 170 million registered voters, the Reuters and Times packages noted. The Event Log dual-attributes administration claims versus state pushback and marks the scale of illegal noncitizen voting contested.