DHS noncitizen-voting claims under fire as unverified data is pushed by Trump allies

The Trump administration’s DHS, led by Markwayne Mullin, is pushing states to act on claims that hundreds of thousands of noncitizens are illegally registered to vote, based on SAVE data that DHS itself says is unverified. State officials and courts have pushed back, noting the figures are hedged and require further verification. While DHS touts tallies of potential noncitizens, election officials warn the data could be inflated and used to cast doubt on election results; in several cases, only a small fraction of flagged individuals are found to have voted, and legal challenges have blocked broad data sharing.