A recent report from the Public Interest Legal Foundation claims that election officials in Alameda County, California, have been approving voting requests from noncitizens.

According to records obtained by the foundationElection officials registered foreign citizens from China and other countries to vote even though they admitted they were not U.S. citizens.

Data obtained by the legal group showed that the first known year in which an illegal immigrant was approved to vote in the county was 2004.

There have been a total of 54 cancellations revealed so that non-citizens could vote.

“States must enact safeguards against noncitizen registration and voting,” PILF President J. Christian Adams said in an emailed statement.

“These records show the incompetence of election officials. “When someone admits they are not a U.S. citizen, they should never be registered to vote,” he continued. “California has the resources and data to better verify citizenship in voter registration if only Governor Newsom had the will to act.”