A Census Bureau report on noncitizen voting has ties to a Trump-aligned think tank

NPR | By Hansi Lo Wang

Published August 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM EDT

A Trump-aligned think tank has ties to a highly unusual Census Bureau report that the president is using to renew false claims of widespread voting by non-U.S. citizens in 2020, NPR has learned.

Hansi Lo Wang

Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) is a NPR correspondent who reports on voting, the Census Bureau and the U.S. Postal Service.

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