Trump Administration's Noncitizen Voting Crackdown Yields 160 Arrests, Experts Cite Rarity of Cases
The Trump administration's extensive efforts to identify and prosecute noncitizens illegally registered on state voter rolls have resulted in approximately 1,600 voter fraud cases and 160 arrests, according to Matthew Millhollin, a senior official with Homeland Security Investigations. These figures were released just six weeks before the November midterms. The administration has redirected federal resources and hundreds of employees to investigate alleged foul play in elections, driven by President Trump's claims of widespread noncitizen voting. However, these numbers fall significantly short of the hundreds of thousands of noncitizen voters previously suggested by President Trump and the Department of Homeland Security. Election officials and experts, including David Becker, a former U.S. Justice Department attorney, assert that these figures confirm the rarity of voter fraud, particularly noncitizen voting. The Justice Department reported charging 70 individuals with unlawful voting and registration off...
