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A U.S. Census Bureau report alleging thousands of noncitizens voted in the 2020 election has raised questions about whether Texas AG Ken Paxton and the federal government are failing to prosecute such voters or simply presenting bad data.

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**U.S. Census Bureau** report alleges that thousands of noncitizens voted in the 2020 election

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The report has prompted scrutiny of whether **Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton** and the federal government are failing to prosecute noncitizen voters or are presenting inaccurate data

Trump finds rampant noncitizen voting in … Ken Paxton’s Texas — SkimNews

By The Hill · Summarized & edited by Kapil Samant · 2026-09-22

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U.S. Census Bureau report alleges that thousands of noncitizens voted in the 2020 election
The report has prompted scrutiny of whether Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the federal government are failing to prosecute noncitizen voters or are presenting inaccurate data

Why it matters: With the source framing the question as a binary — enforcement failure versus data inaccuracy — the credibility of both the Census Bureau's methodology and state-level election-integrity enforcement efforts are now in play, putting Paxton's office under direct public pressure to clarify which explanation holds.