EL PASO, Tx., October 21, 2025: In a press release released yesterday, Texas Secretary of State, Jane Nelson says she identified 165 potential noncitizens that are registered to vote in El Paso. Nelson says that after comparing the voter rolls from counties across Texas, she identified 2,724 “potential noncitizens who are registered to vote in Texas.”
Nelson stated that “only eligible United States citizens may participate in our elections.” She added that when the Trump Administration gave states access to the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, her agency was able to compare county voter rolls against immigrants in the SAVE database.
According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the SAVE database allows governmental agencies to verify the immigration status of people seeking benefits. The agency points out that the records to not determine the eligibility of the benefits sought, instead it is the governmental body that makes the determination…