{"id":2613810,"date":"2026-06-13T19:13:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T23:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-obtained-local-voter-files-to-identify-illegal-immigrant-voting-report\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T19:13:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T23:13:01","slug":"ice-obtained-local-voter-files-to-identify-illegal-immigrant-voting-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-obtained-local-voter-files-to-identify-illegal-immigrant-voting-report\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE obtained local voter files to identify illegal immigrant voting: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium 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style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4606979\/doj-sues-virginia-ice-mask-ban\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> officers obtained individual voter files in Texas this spring and in North Carolina last November as part of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration\u2019s<\/a> effort to identify instances of voting by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigrants\/\">illegal immigrants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voter files from Webb County and Forsyth County were shared with Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents, according to emails obtained through Democracy Forward records requests shared with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/06\/13\/ice-voter-files-texas-north-carolina\"><em>Axios<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em>The report comes as the SAVE Act, which would require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, has stalled in the Senate despite President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5919396-trump-endorses-third-reconciliation-bill\/\">push to advance the measure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" 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                           <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Second round of June Social Security payments goes out in four days<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4605588\/warsh-inflation-trap-iran-war-2022\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Warsh faces similar trap to the one that led to huge inflation in 2022<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An HSI \u201ccriminal analyst\u201d initially emailed the Texas Secretary of State\u2019s general counsel in April \u201cseeking information referencing obtaining voter information; specifically dates and methods of registration, elections voted in etc.\u201d Upon further communication in May, officers requested and received voter files from Webb County election officials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Webb County Election Administrator Jose Castillo said this is the first time he\u2019s received such a request and he\u2019s directed HSI to submit public records requests for voter data moving forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s nothing there,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I get it, you\u2019ve got to do your job.\u201d Castillo added he\u2019s seen two instances of an illegal immigrant voting out of more than 150,000 voters in four years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report suggests ICE expanded efforts as early as last fall to investigate alleged voting by illegal immigrants by investigating county election data. The now multi-agency effort to crack down on voting fraud comes ahead of midterm elections in November.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/06\/09\/dhs-directs-ice-deport-aliens-who-vote-american-elections\">DHS directed ICE<\/a> \u201cto enforce stricter penalties, including deportation\u201d for illegal immigrants accused of voting in elections. An illegal immigrant accused of voting in seven elections since 2008 was arrested and charged in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4487691\/ice-arrests-criminal-illegal-alien-for-voter-fraud-in-philadelphia\/&#038;sa=D&#038;source=docs&#038;ust=1781390280195928&#038;usg=AOvVaw3fUhvD_DmgUVmt81GG4h-B\">March in Philadelphia<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHSI is actively rooting out and investigating election fraud wherever it can be found, \u201c a DHS spokesperson said in a statement. \u201cWe have repeatedly demonstrated that illegal aliens can and do vote in our elections. Under President Trump, HSI is committed to restoring integrity in our election systems and ensuring that American citizens and only American citizens are electing American leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Heritage Foundation\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/electionfraud.heritage.org\/search\">database<\/a> that tracks convictions of voter fraud shows just 100 documented cases of illegal immigrants voting between 1982 and 2025. According to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/election-integrity\/report\/american-confidence-elections-preventing-noncitizen-voting-and-other\">one 2024 study<\/a> previously cited by the think tank, between 10% to 27% of illegal immigrants in the U.S. are registered to vote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4606979\/doj-sues-virginia-ice-mask-ban\/\"><strong>DOJ SUES VIRGINIA OVER \u2018UNCONSTITUTIONAL\u2019 ICE MASK BAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A March 2025 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/03\/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections\/\">executive order<\/a> titled \u201cPreserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections\u201d included a section on \u201cEnforcing the Citizenship Requirement for Federal Elections.\u201d Trump has often blamed voter fraud for his 2020 presidential election loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DHS and Democracy Forward did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers obtained individual voter files in Texas this spring and in North Carolina last November as part of the Trump administration\u2019s effort to identify instances of voting by illegal immigrants. Voter files from Webb County and Forsyth County were shared with Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents, according to emails obtained<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3238,"featured_media":2613811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26051775735661-e1772475153532.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2613810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26051775735661-e1772475153532.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2613810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2613811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2613810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2613810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2613810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}