By Paul Dragu
The New American
October 24, 2025
The Texas secretary of state announced Monday that her office found nearly 3,000 people on voter rolls throughout the Lone Star state who may be in the country illegally.
Secretary of State (SOS) Jane Nelson's office said the discovery wouldn't have been possible without access to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (CIS) SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) database:
After running the entire Texas voter list with more than 18 million voters through the SAVE database, the SOS has identified 2,724 potential noncitizens who are registered to vote in Texas.
Her office has passed on its findings to individual counties so they can carry out their own investigations. After that, anyone confirmed to be an enrolled voter who is here illegally "will be referred to the Office of the Attorney General." Thirty-three voters have already been referred to the AG.
Texas has completed citizenship verifications of the entire state voter list using the SAVE database, thanks to the federal government's recent decision to grant states free and direct access to this data set.Learn more: t.co pic.twitter.com/UhZEJnxd5S
- Texas Secretary of State (@TXsecofstate) October 20, 2025
Using the SAVE Program
Nelson said Texas was one of the first states to partner with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and use the SAVE database. The SAVE program is a search tool that taps into information from several different government databases to verify immigration status.
A county breakdown shows that Bexar, Dallas, and Harris counties had the highest number of potentially illegal voters. Bexar is home to San Antonio, Dallas to Dallas, and Harris to Houston, all densely populated regions.
Some social media commenters have downplayed the find, saying that 2,700 out of 18 million voters has no significant effect on election outcomes. Others have noted that discoveries like this are usually indicative of a larger problem. The find is also a reminder that Democrats who keep saying that illegals can't vote are wrong.
Texas has been the target of an electoral-conversion campaign much the same way California was in the 80s. Turning Texas blue would yield perpetual power to Democrats.
Other States Cleaning Up
Texas isn't the only state that's making an attempt to clean voter rolls.
In July, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that the Peach State would carry out a multi-phase voter-roll audit to get rid of the people who are inactive or have moved. He expected nearly half a million names to be purged.
Georgia was the site of major alleged voter fraud in 2020, when the traditionally red state supposedly voted for Joe Biden. President Donald Trump has consistently maintained that he erroneously lost the state, a view many there hold. He has railed against state leadership, Raffensperger included, for not doing enough to get to the bottom of what really happened. And Georgia's GOP leadership is still suspect in regard to true election integrity, in the eyes of some election reformers.
After he was reelected, Trump took steps to address the systemic election vulnerabilities. In March, he signed an executive order written to keep foreigners from voting in U.S. elections. The president's vision for U.S. elections is encouraging:
We're going to fix our elections so that our elections are going to be honorable and honest and people leave and they know their vote is counted. We are going to have free and fair elections. And ideally, we go to paper ballots, same-day voting, proof of citizenship, very big, and voter ID, very simple.
These are fundamental steps that need to be implemented. And no matter what, the states need to remain in control of elections. Our parent company, The John Birch Society, endorses these very remedies in its Restore Election Integrity action project.
Changes Critically Needed
There may be more voting-related changes coming. Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that raises the question of whether states should draw districts with race in mind. The case has national implications. True the Vote summarizes the case this way:
Activists on the Left argue that the Voting Rights Act requires race-conscious districts to ensure minority representation. Meanwhile, those on the Right contend that such mandates violate the Constitution, warning that "separate but equal" solutions cannot deliver genuine equality.
The idea that any policies or actions should be determined by race is contrary to the law of the land. Louisiana Solicitor General Benjamin Aguiñaga made this exact argument, saying the current practice "requires striking enough members of the majority race to sufficiently diminish their voting strength, and it requires drawing in enough members of a minority race to sufficiently augment their voting strength."
Election integrity was a hot topic during Joe Biden's presidency. And for some who dove into the battle head first, they are still paying the price. Tina Peters, the former county clerk and recorder of Colorado's Mesa County, has been in prison since October 2024. MyPillow founder Mike Lindell is awaiting judgment after a Minnesota judge ruled that he defamed election-technology company Smartmatic. He could lose what he has left of his fortune. And even now, Conrad Reynolds, a supporter of paper-ballot elections, is being prosecuted in Arkansas for allegedly violating the "anti-loitering" statute while carrying out exit polling.
The power to choose its leaders is one of the most fundamental elements of a free society. Americans must not become complacent because they're happy their candidate won. The vulnerable system that likely resulted in the stolen 2020 election is largely still in place. This latest discovery in Texas is proof of that. The system must be dismantled, and a sensible, simple system with transparency and safeguards must be put in its place.
This article was originally published on The New American.