The presidential election is quickly approaching. But Donald Trump and his campaign have every right to fear what could happen.
And Trump turned white as a ghost after reading this devastating 2024 election report.
A recent study indicates that up to 2.7 million non-citizens could potentially vote in the 2024 U.S. elections, sparking concerns about whether the upcoming results will truly reflect the will of American citizens, the only group legally permitted to vote in federal elections.
According to Just Facts, a nonprofit research organization, “about 10% to 27% of non-citizen adults in the U.S. are now illegally registered to vote,” as revealed in the study.
The U.S. Census recorded over 19 million adult non-citizens residing in the U.S. in 2022, which the study suggests translates to about two to five million of them being unlawfully registered. The study emphasizes that this could influence significant election outcomes, including those for congressional seats and even the presidency.
A prior study conducted in 2014 found that 81% of non-citizens who voted in the 2008 election cast their ballots for Democrats, a fact that continues to fuel debates about the potential political impact of non-citizen voting.
Concerns about election fraud have been on the rise since the 2020 election, which saw an unprecedented 70% of votes cast by mail or through early voting. With limited exit polling for most of these votes, questions have arisen about how fraud, if it exists, could be detected in such a system.
James Agresti, the lead author of the Just Facts study, highlighted how easy it is for non-citizens to register to vote, telling The Washington Stand: “In no state in the nation are they required to provide proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote. And if you look at the federal voter registration form, it says you can submit all different forms of ID to register. That could be a Social Security number, it could be a driver’s license number, or it could just be a utility bill. I mean, these are things that anyone can get by living here. They do not prove you’re a U.S. citizen.”
Agresti went on to point out that many non-citizens, particularly those who are undocumented, have obtained Social Security numbers fraudulently. The Social Security Administration itself estimates that about 2.5 million non-citizens have obtained such numbers by either using fake birth certificates or stealing others’ identities, according to Agresti.
Hans von Spakovsky, the manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative at The Heritage Foundation, referenced the Just Facts study during a congressional testimony in May, reinforcing the study’s conclusions.
“This new study not only affirms the conclusions of the 2014 report but, based on an analysis of more recent data, estimates that 10 to 27% of all aliens currently in the U.S. are registered to vote and that 5 to 13% of them will illegally vote in the 2024 presidential and congressional elections,” he said.
Kerri Toloczko, executive director of the Election Integrity Network, suggested that the percentage of non-citizens voting today is likely even higher than when last calculated.
“A 2014 academic journal found that 6.4% of noncitizens voted in 2008,” Toloczko stated. “There are about 24 million non-citizens in the U.S. right now. If they voted only at the same rate of 6.4% this year as they did in 2008, they would account for 1.5 million votes.”
Toloczko warned that the actual number might be significantly higher, given the increased activity at state DMVs and efforts by voter registration activists. “We could be looking at over two million unlawful noncitizen votes,” she added.
However, these claims have faced scrutiny from other experts and fact-checkers.
The Washington Post and think tanks like the Cato Institute have questioned the validity of these studies. Cato, for instance, has published articles claiming that the number of non-citizens voting in U.S. elections is closer to “zero.” The organization argued that “zero” functions more as a rounded number and not an absolute claim that no non-citizens voted in 2008, simply suggesting that the actual percentage is far smaller than what the study implies.
As the 2024 presidential election approaches, illegal immigration has become a central issue. Former President Donald Trump has vowed to secure the southern border and deport undocumented individuals, criticizing the current administration for what he describes as lax border policies that expose Americans to risk and harm the workforce.
His opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, has historically taken a more lenient stance on immigration, at one point suggesting that entering the U.S. illegally should not be considered a crime. However, her current campaign asserts that Harris supports strong border security, even using images of Trump’s border wall in campaign materials to convey a tougher stance.
But as the election gets closer, there shouldn’t even be a debate over non-citizen voting and its potential impact on elections. That’s because non-U.S. citizens should not be allowed to vote, full stop.
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