How Trump DOJ Flagged 20,000 California Voters as Likely Noncitizens - Newsweek (opens in a new tab)

newsweek.com · 2026-10-14

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Claim 1 of 3Not checkedThe Department of Justice says federal investigators flagged more than 20,000 California voters as likely noncitizens and asked a federal court to prevent their mail ballots from being tabulated until citizenship can be verified.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 3Not checkedThe complaint says USCIS uses database matching, third-party software, and checks against federal records to sort voter-roll entries into high-, medium-, or low-confidence possible matches, with high-confidence cases sent on to HSI for further investigation.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 3Not checkedCalifornia officials say the federal list and methodology are not sufficiently detailed or reliable, and they dispute the earlier and newer federal figures cited by the DOJ.View evidenceHide evidence

As statedmore than 190,000 earlier; approximately 20,000 newer

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