With less than two weeks remaining until Election Day, top House Democrats are demanding explanations from the Trump administration about unverified claims involving noncitizen voting and alleged voter fraud across the country.

In two letters shared first with MS NOW, Democrats pressed administration officials about efforts to investigate alleged noncitizen voting. They also called on major social media companies to enforce their rules against election misinformation.

Reps. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Joe Morelle, D-N.Y., the top Democrats on the Judiciary and Administration committees, respectively, asked Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to brief lawmakers about the department’s methodology.

Their request covers the department’s unverified claim that Nevada registered nearly 16,000 noncitizens, a lawsuit demanding that California investigate 20,000 ballots from “likely” noncitizens, and claims of illegal voting in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

“These disturbing episodes raise significant concerns that DHS is desperately (and unsuccessfully) attempting to bully states into disenfranchising eligible voters in the final weeks before the 2026 elections,” the lawmakers wrote.

In July, Mullin sent letters to the state secretaries of California, New Jersey, Nevada and Pennsylvania. He warned that noncitizens were registered in their states, citing what was described as a “preliminary review” of records.

For Nevada, DHS claimed that more than 15,903 noncitizens were registered to vote. Yet the department identified only 185 potential noncitizens, according to previous reporting from MS NOW.

That already much smaller figure later dropped to zero, according to Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada. The shift sharpened the lawmakers’ concerns about the administration’s sweeping claims and its pressure on states.

“The stakes for our democracy in this offensive could not be higher,” Raskin and Morelle wrote in their letter. “Under the Constitution, the states are primarily responsible for election administration, and Congress has the final say on the time, place, and manner of federal elections.”

The Justice Department and DHS have also filed a complaint against California over its voter rolls, alleging that 20,000 registered voters are “likely” noncitizens. The departments asked California to investigate the matter.

They also asked the state to take the unprecedented step of setting aside ballots cast by tens of thousands of voters. The lawmakers blasted that request as both intimidation and an attempt to disrupt local election administration.

“This is a blatant, and laughable, attempt to intimidate local elections workers ahead of the November election as even DHS admits that the individuals they have identified are only ‘likely’ noncitizen voters,” Raskin and Morelle wrote.

As the midterm elections approach, Democrats are bullish about their chances of winning control of the House. The lawmakers accused the administration of bullying states into restricting access to the ballot.

“Instead of protecting the security of American elections, DHS and President Trump are engaging in increasingly brazen bully tactics to force states to illegally remove eligible voters hand-picked by the Administration from their voter rolls,” the lawmakers wrote.

Democrats are also extending the fight to major media companies, pushing them to enforce their existing rules against misinformation. They additionally want the companies to address election risks posed by artificial intelligence.

Raskin sent letters to executives at Google, Meta, TikTok and X requesting staff briefings about their preparations for the midterm elections. He specifically asked how their platforms are combating election misinformation.

“Every election cycle, bad faith actors, both foreign and domestic, use your platform to advance false and misleading claims about voting and election integrity,” Raskin wrote to the executives.

Raskin also sought details about steps the companies were taking to enforce their policies against voting misinformation. He asked whether anyone in the Trump administration had approached them about policies governing election misinformation.

“Make no mistake: our election system is essentially secure, and Americans should be confident that their timely vote, whether by mail or otherwise, will be counted. Yet, despite the basic security of this system, mail-in ballots are a frequent subject of disinformation online,” Raskin wrote.