From Fox News: A Texas election review has identified thousands of illegal immigrants on the state’s voter rolls, Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson said Monday.
Nelson said a cross-check of state voter records found that more than 2,700 possible illegal immigrants were registered on the voter rolls, leading to an eligibility review across the 254 counties.
The data came from a full comparison of Texas’s 18 million registered voters against federal citizenship records in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ SAVE database, according to the secretary of state’s office.
“Only eligible United States citizens may participate in our elections,” Nelson said. “The Trump Administration’s decision to give states free and direct access to this data set for the first time has been a game changer, and we appreciate the partnership with the federal government to verify the citizenship of those on our voter rolls and maintain accurate voter lists.”
In the press release, Nelson also announced:
After running the entire Texas voter list with more than 18 million voters through the SAVE database, the SOS has identified 2,724 potential noncitizens who are registered to vote in Texas. Last week those voter files were provided to Texas counties, who will now conduct their own investigations into the eligibility of these voters as part of their statutory responsibilities to remove ineligible voters from the rolls under Chapter 16 of the Texas Election Code. Once that process is complete, individuals who are deemed noncitizens that voted in a Texas election will be referred to the Office of the Attorney General.
The process for removing noncitizens from the rolls is outlined under Sections 16.033 and 16.0332 of the Texas Election Code. Voters identified as potential non-citizens will receive a notice from the county voter registrar. These individuals may present proof of citizenship in order to remain a registered voter. If a response is not received by the county in 30 days, the registration will be cancelled. In the event that a registration is cancelled, it can be immediately reinstated by providing proof of U.S. citizenship to an elections office or at a polling location.
Texas has completed citizenship verifications of the entire state voter list using the SAVE database, thanks to the federal government’s recent decision to grant states free and direct access to this data set.
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— Texas Secretary of State (@TXsecofstate) October 20, 2025
The report notes that since since Senate Bill 1 was signed into law, Texas has removed more than 1 million ineligible or outdated registrations from the state’s voter rolls.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has declared, “Illegal voting in Texas will never be tolerated. We will continue to actively safeguard Texans’ sacred right to vote while also aggressively protecting our elections from illegal voting.”
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