08/23/2026
The data was fabricated to support false narrative that noncitizen voting in 2020.
CLAIM: A Census Bureau report looking at 128 million voters states that more than 24,000 noncitizens voted in the 2020 election.
THE FACTS: This is false. The report says it checked data from a commercial voter file against federal records to identify noncitizens who allegedly voted in the election. According to experts, the methodology described in the report created false positives if, for example, an individual’s name was linked to the wrong address or their citizenship status hadn’t been updated in a certain database. Details about error rates and how the report ensured accurate results were not included. The claims about the 2020 election issues are still just lies.
In his most recent challenge to the results of the 2020 U.S. election, President Donald Trump this week cited a report claiming to show that thousands of noncitizens voted, a practice studies have found to be extremely rare.