CREW requests records on Census Bureau’s report alleging noncitizen voting

 CREW requests records on Census Bureau’s report alleging noncitizen voting

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  From:info@citizensforethics.org

  
  

  To:Mark M Giese

  Fri, Sep 25 2026 at 11:11 AM

  Mark, The Census Bureau's new report claims it found more than 24,000 voter records that it believes belonged to noncitizens in the 2020 election. But there are big questions about where those numbers came from and how the Commerce Department is using sensitive voter data. So we’re investigating. CREW requested records on an expedited basis from the Department of Commerce on the factual basis of the Census Bureau’s extremely dubious claims that more than 24,000 noncitizens illegally voted in the 2020 general election. Last month, the Census Bureau published a report examining nearly 128 million of the roughly 160 million voter records from the 2020 general election. The Bureau says its initial analysis identified more than 24,000 records it determined represented noncitizens at the time of the election. President Trump and other White House officials immediately seized on the report to promote their false claims of widespread voter fraud, and Trump even took to Truth Social to once more claim to be the true winner of the 2020 election. There are good reasons to doubt the report’s findings and media coverage has been largely critical, questioning the report’s methodology, sourcing and accuracy, as well as the Census Bureau’s coordination with non-governmental organizations. The Census report also raises privacy concerns. The Census Bureau says the report’s sources included highly sensitive personally identifiable information, including the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services record system, State Department immigrant and nonimmigrant visa insurances, ICE records, DACA approvals and the Social Security Administration’s citizenship codes. In addition to the Census report’s use of this data, according to recent reporting, people outside the federal government also helped produce the report. NPR reported that the team included individuals from the America First Policy Institute, a think tank founded by former Trump administration officials. That raises a critical question: Was sensitive voter information properly protected, and was it shared with outside groups appropriately? Ahead of this fall’s elections, the public needs immediate clarity about how the Department of Commerce is using sensitive voter data and whether that data is being improperly shared with entities outside of the government.