Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near

By: Jonathan Shorman

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: September 28, 2026

Words: 1,310

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm elections.

Even a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision giving states access to a supercharged Department of Homeland Security computer program to verify voters’ citizenship will have a limited immediate impact, election experts say.

As Republicans fight to retain control of Congress, Trump and his allies have spent …

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