Experts raise alarms over Census Bureau report Trump is touting on noncitizen voting
A Census Bureau report cited by Donald Trump to support claims of widespread illegal noncitizen voting has been linked to a Trump-aligned think tank. Experts and internal sources have questioned the report's methodology, noting it was not produced by career civil servants.
Why it matters
The report fuels ongoing political debates regarding election integrity and the validity of claims surrounding noncitizen voting in US elections.
A highly unusual Census Bureau report that President Trump is using to reup dubious claims of widespread illegal voting by non-U.S. citizens has ties to a Trump-aligned think tank, NPR has learned.
In a social media post Tuesday, Trump claimed that the bureau's initial analysis of more than 128 million voter records "proves that over 24,000 Noncitizens voted illegally" in the 2020 presidential election and that the final number will "explode" after the statistical agency finishes checking over 32 million more voter records.
The unauthored, seven-page report says it draws on a 2020 commercial voter file and various federal administrative records, but data and election experts say the report is questionable in its methodology and conclusions.
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