Overview
- Reporting published June 13, 2026 shows Homeland Security Investigations obtained full voter files from Webb County, Texas and from Forsyth County, North Carolina after targeted requests to local election offices.
- Emails in the records release show an HSI criminal analyst first asked Texas Secretary of State staff in April for specific data points such as registration dates, methods of registration, and which elections individuals voted in.
- Webb County election administrator Jose Castillo said he had not seen such requests before, has told HSI to use public-records procedures going forward, and reported only two suspected noncitizen voting cases among more than 150,000 voters in recent years.
- The activity follows President Trump’s March 2025 executive order and DHS guidance that encourage use of the SAVE immigration-verification system and tougher immigration consequences for noncitizen voting.
- Public records and databases show documented convictions for noncitizen voting remain rare, a contrast that raises privacy and workload concerns for local election offices and could prompt legal and policy disputes over data access.