DHS Flags 278K Potential Noncitizens on Voter Rolls

The Trump Administration is putting the states on notice: Prove the people on your voter rolls are citizens or start cleaning house.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is expected to unveil new election-security measures Friday after a federal review identified approximately 278,000 registered voters who may not be US citizens.

Watch the DHS update live at 11am above.

“Only Americans should be electing American leaders,” Mullin said while announcing his 11 a.m. briefing.

The crackdown follows President Trump’s primetime address Thursday, during which he ordered DHS to notify states about suspected noncitizens appearing on voter lists and demand that election officials remove any registrants confirmed to be ineligible.

“Since Democrat states refuse to share their voter files, the real number is actually much higher than that,” Trump said.

“Yet, even this limited analysis found more than a quarter of a million foreigners illegally registered to vote.”

The White House describes the 278,000 figure as the product of a DHS review of state voter rolls and public records. The administration called it the highest publicly reported total of its kind in American history.

Election security is national security.

As @POTUS announced tonight— @DHSgov has identified over 250,000 potential non-citizens illegally registered to vote in just 4 U.S. states.

Only Americans should be electing American leaders.

Tune in tomorrow at 11am ET. https://t.co/Pg9MyNH0ln

— Secretary Markwayne Mullin (@SecMullinDHS) July 17, 2026

Markwayne Mullin to announce election security crackdown after Post reveals DHS IDs 275K noncitizens registered to vote https://t.co/Ej8p0SAo8q pic.twitter.com/sZ2e5pStk7

— New York Post (@nypost) July 17, 2026