President Donald Trump has consistently voiced concerns over the influence of non-citizens in American elections, asserting that Joe Biden’s border policies have encouraged illegal aliens to participate in voting. However, emerging data suggests the scale of this issue may not be as significant as initially feared.

Preliminary findings from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) indicate that the incidence of illegal voting by non-citizens is relatively small. These findings are part of an ongoing analysis aimed at assessing the potential impact of non-citizen voting.

This evaluation utilizes the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, managed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the DHS. The SAVE program has been instrumental in examining voter rolls, particularly in states governed by Republican administrations.

According to the USCIS website, “SAVE is an online service for registered federal, state, territorial, tribal, and local government agencies to verify the immigration status and U.S. citizenship of applicants seeking benefits or licenses.”

Matthew Tragesser, a spokesperson for USCIS, revealed that after scrutinizing nearly 50 million individuals, approximately 10,000 irregularities have been reported to the DHS for further review regarding their citizenship status.

This translates to a mere 0.02 percent of those processed being flagged for additional investigation, highlighting the limited scope of the issue thus far.

Still, many Democratic-run states have opted out of the program, which is voluntary. 

And the Trump administration claims that is where the lion’s share of non-citizen voting occurs. 

Trump’s DHS has reviewed close to 50 million US voters and found that only 10,000 – or 0.02 percent – have citizenship irregularities 

The president has claimed for years that illegal immigrants voting in elections is a major problem

Still, the findings do indicate that some non-citizens have actually voted in US elections

‘This process takes time, especially given strong opposition from blue states, with notoriously bad voter roll maintenance, that have refused to check their rolls,’ White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told the Daily Mail.  

‘The Trump Administration remains committed to securing our elections and ensuring only American citizens vote in American elections.’

California and New York do not have voter ID laws that require voters to show a form of identification before casting a ballot.

Florida and Texas, on the other hand, require a picture ID to vote. 

An administration official stressed that the initial analysis is not a complete sample and therefore does not provide an accurate picture of nationwide non-citizen voting. 

The Department of Justice is currently suing at least 22 states, including New York and California, to obtain their voter data. 

‘We expect to find more problems there because the [New Jersey] list alone had over 10,000 noncitizen voters,’ the official told the Daily Mail. 

Law enforcement operations regarding voter fraud continue to ramp up,’ they added.   

Trump has slammed large US cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York for enabling illegal voting.  

‘These, and other such Cities, are the core of the Democrat Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base, cheat in Elections, and grow the Welfare State, robbing good paying Jobs and Benefits from Hardworking American Citizens,’ Trump posted on social media over the summer.