Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into more than 100 potential noncitizens accused of casting over 200 ballots during the 2020 and 2022 election cycles.
The majority of the suspected illegal votes are concentrated in Harris County, Texas’s most populous county. Additional instances are reportedly under investigation in Guadalupe, Cameron, and Eastland counties.
“Illegal aliens and foreign nationals must not be allowed to influence Texas elections by casting illegal ballots with impunity. I will not allow it to continue,” Paxton said.
Thanks to President Trump’s decisive action to help states safeguard the ballot box, this investigation will help Texas hold noncitizens accountable for unlawfully voting in American elections. If you’re a noncitizen who illegally cast a ballot, you will face the full force of the law.
In June 2025, the Texas Secretary of State referred 33 potential illegal voting cases to Paxton’s office after cross-checking against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Database.
President Donald Trump, via executive order in March 2025, directed the Department of Homeland Security to grant states access to the SAVE database and tightened verification protocols for voter registration.
Texas officials say access to the SAVE database has been “a game-changer,” enabling more accurate matching of citizenship data with voter rolls for both past and future elections.
Noncitizen voting is a state and federal crime and is a deportable offense.
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