The same People’s Republik Of California Attorney General who does all he can to protect illegal aliens who have committed serious crimes, while also attempting to take away people’s 2nd Amendment Rights, is Very Upset that the question of citizenship will be asked
(Fox News) California on Monday promised to sue the Trump administration over its decision to ask the 2020 census respondents if they are citizens of the United States.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the suit against the administration late Monday on Twitter, saying the measure would be unlawful.
“Filing suit against @realdonaldtrump’s Administration over decision to add #citizenship question on #2020Census. Including the question is not just a bad idea — it is illegal,†Becerra wrote.
#BREAKING: Filing suit against @realdonaldtrump's Administration over decision to add #citizenship question on #2020Census. Including the question is not just a bad idea — it is illegal: https://t.co/vW8sa7khq9
— Archive – Attorney General Becerra (@AGBecerra) March 27, 2018
Of course he’s worried that illegal aliens will refuse to answer
In a San Francisco Chronicle opinion piece published Monday, Becerra and California Secretary of State Alex Padilla wrote that the inclusion of a citizenship question would be “illegal” and “an extraordinary attempt by the Trump administration to hijack the 2020 census for political purposes.”
“California, with its large immigrant communities, would be disproportionately harmed by depressed participation in the 2020 census,” they wrote. “An undercount would threaten at least one of California’s seats in the House of Representatives (and, by extension, an elector in the electoral college.)”
Nowhere in the article do they lay out the case that the question is illegal. And, it’s a real shame that they added this brand spanking new question to the census
According to the Commerce Department, “almost every decennial census” between 1820 and 1950 “asked a question on citizenship in some form.” The department also said the citizenship question would be “the same as the one that is asked on the yearly American Community Survey (ACS).” The ACS is sent to a much smaller percentage of American homes than the actual census.
All this is about is an attempt to protect illegal aliens and to get more money for California by inflating actual population (illegals should never count). Regardless, California will waste a lot of money on this frivolous lawsuit.
If only they cared as much about federal law when it comes to illegal aliens. Here’s the Commerce Department press release on the census.
