https://joegornick.com/tags/immigration/Recent content in Immigration on Joe GornickHugoen-usJoe GornickFri, 23 Oct 2026 14:38:00 -0500https://joegornick.com/2026/10/23/i-went-and-counted-the-illegal-votes/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:38:00 -0500https://joegornick.com/2026/10/23/i-went-and-counted-the-illegal-votes/<p>If you&rsquo;ve followed the news at all in the last ten years, you&rsquo;ve heard some version of this claim: people living here illegally are voting, a lot of them, and it&rsquo;s changing who wins.</p> <p>In January 2017, President Trump told congressional leaders that 3 to 5 million illegal votes cost him the popular vote. In 2024, Speaker Mike Johnson said &ldquo;we all know, intuitively&rdquo; that a lot of illegals are voting in federal elections. This fall, the Justice Department has been announcing new charges almost every week, and <a href="https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/10/trumps-campaign-against-noncitizen-voting-demonstrates-its-rare-and-not-enough-to-swing-elections/"target="_blank" class="external-link" >DHS <span class="whitespace-nowrap">says<svg class="external-link-icon h-3 w-3 flex-shrink-0" id="external-link" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M15 3h6v6m-11 5L21 3m-3 10v6a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H5a2 2 0 0 1-2-2V8a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h6"/></svg></span></a> it has 300,000 more cases &ldquo;that we&rsquo;re getting to.&rdquo;</p>