Trump Claims Census Bureau Found More Than 24,000 Non citizens Voted in 2020 Election.
Washington:
U.S. President Donald J. Trump has claimed that the U.S. Census Bureau has begun comparing voter records from the 2020 election with citizenship records and has allegedly identified more than 24,000 noncitizens who voted illegally.
In a statement, Trump said the comparison had initially covered 128 million voters, and claimed that the analysis had identified “over 24,000” non citizens who had voted illegally. He further asserted that the Census Bureau plans to examine another 32 million voters, suggesting that the number could increase substantially.
Trump used the claim to reiterate his long-standing contention that the 2020 presidential election was affected by voting irregularities. He declared, “I WON THE ELECTION!” and called for the passage of legislation he referred to as the “SAVE AMERICA ACT.”
The president’s remarks did not, in the statement provided, include details about the methodology used to match voter and citizenship records, the identities of the individuals allegedly identified, or evidence establishing that the reported non citizens actually cast ballots illegally.
The distinction is significant because a person appearing in a voter or citizenship-record comparison does not, by itself, establish that the individual illegally voted. Verification would require examining factors such as voter registration, whether a ballot was actually cast, the person’s citizenship status at the time of voting and applicable state election laws.
Trump’s statement comes as debates over election integrity, voter eligibility and citizenship verification remain politically contentious in the United States. His call for the SAVE AMERICA ACT also places the issue of voter-record verification and eligibility at the centre of his broader election-policy agenda.
The Census Bureau is the federal government’s principal statistical agency, while election administration and voter registration are largely handled by state and local authorities. Consequently, any claim concerning potentially illegal voting would require careful verification of the underlying records and the roles of the relevant federal, state and local agencies.
The claims cited above are attributed to President Trump; the statement itself does not provide sufficient supporting documentation to independently establish the allegation that more than 24,000 non citizens illegally voted in the 2020 election.
