Census Bureau Analysis Identifies 24,000 Noncitizen Voters in 2020 Election

A preliminary analysis by the U.S. Census Bureau has identified more than 24,000 voter records linked with high confidence to noncitizens who cast ballots in the 2020 presidential election, according to a report released this week. The finding, which covers about 128 million of the nearly 160 million ballots cast, has prompted President Donald Trump to renew his push for stricter election integrity laws, while former officials and experts have raised significant questions about the report's methodology and conclusions.

The Census Bureau described the document as a "beginning analysis," noting that more than 32 million voter records remain to be examined. The bureau compared a commercial voter database with federal records from agencies including U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Social Security Administration to identify individuals who matched noncitizen records in the absence of citizenship documentation. According to the analysis, Mexican nationals accounted for the largest share of the identified noncitizen voters at 3,800, followed by citizens of Canada, the Philippines, and Jamaica.

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