It’s a plan, but, I’m not sure if it will survive judicial review all the way up to the Supreme Court
Trump Census Plan Could Strip House Seats From States With Large Immigrant Populations
The Trump administration is moving to change who counts in the 2030 census, proposing to exclude millions of noncitizens from the population totals used to divide House seats among the states. The shift could cost states with large immigrant populations representation in Congress and Electoral College votes.
Under a Census Bureau rule proposed Thursday, U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, commonly known as green card holders, would count toward congressional apportionment. Other foreign citizens would not, including undocumented immigrants and many people legally living in the United States under temporary or less permanent immigration status.
The plan goes further than excluding undocumented immigrants. Some people who have legally lived and worked in the United States for years could also be left out of the population used to determine how much representation their state receives in Congress. (snip)
States with large immigrant populations could see the biggest effects. A 2020 Pew Research Center analysis found that excluding undocumented immigrants alone could have left California, Florida and Texas with one fewer House seat each than they would have received if those residents were included. The new proposal would reach a broader group because some legally present immigrants could also be left out.
This plan is, obviously, driving the Libs nuts, and, really, should non-citizens be counted in the census? I guess we could allow permanent residents (should there be such a thing?), and, obviously, Native Americans who do not consider themselves Americans should still be counted. But, the Constitution kinda says everyone in the US needs to be counted, including legal and illegal aliens.
The 14th Amendment requires House seats to be apportioned among the states according to the “whole number of persons in each State.” Previous challenges to efforts to exclude noncitizens have focused on whether the government can remove residents from the apportionment population based on immigration status.
The administration is relying on a different reading of residency, pointing to the historical meaning of “usual residence” and arguing that the concept can include allegiance or a lasting connection to a state.
Interesting. Will it work? It would also require that a Republican win the White House in 2028, because a Democrat would kill this rule in a heartbeat.
Methinks that the framers did not envision a nation overrun with illegal entrants camped out on the federal dole much less being included in the apportionment of House seats…one of those “unintended consequences” of runaway stupidity regarding illegal immigration.
We should count everybody, but ascertain the status of everyone, and those here illegally should not count toward reapportionment of congressional seats. More, they should not count toward in state redistricting, which would have the happy effect of reducing representation for immigrant-laden cities and helping real Americans living outside of urban areas.
However, Donald Trump will not be President during the next Census, so it becomes even more important to elect the Republican nominee in 2028.
Peter have you regards of what they thought in the future (men having guns that could kill 60 people in 1 min) they Constitution first day whole persons.
Dana does not approve of the Constitution as currently written and applied since ratified .
Ok change it if you can
There are at least 50 Democratic party judges ready to Veto the President on this. I personally think Congress should have fixed this back in the Reagan administration (and every year since then). Lack of action on congresses part does not grant presidential authority.
It is just another of those really telling moments in political realities when the political class and the bureaucratic class band together to intentionally NOT want more information about the population they control. What do you think the primary product of all those Virginia data centers is?