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Open borders have allowed the left to accumulate more political power. Democratic-controlled states have won seats in Congress by welcoming and harboring illegal aliens.
As president, Donald Trump tried to stop this fraud by ordering the census to exclude all noncitizens from the apportionment. But one of President Biden’s first acts in office was to reverse that policy, as he began opening the border to millions of illegal aliens.
Prohibiting the census from including non-citizens in its apportionment is critical to ensuring that Americans, the only citizens who can vote in American elections, choose our leaders.
Congressional and Electoral College allocations are based on the number of residents determined by the census. Currently, the census includes illegal aliens and other noncitizens as residents. (St. Petersburg)
Biden’s deliberate border crisis has created unprecedented apportionment problems, skewing each state’s representation in the House of Representatives and each state’s number of electors in the presidential election.
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Congressional and Electoral College allocations are based on the number of residents determined by the census. Currently, the census includes illegal aliens and other noncitizens as residents.
As a result, states can gain additional congressional districts and representation in Congress thanks to the presence of large numbers of the population who are not legally allowed to vote. The number of seats in the House of Representatives is limited to 435, so this additional representation comes at the expense of other states.
This skewed representation is carried over to the Electoral College, where each state is allocated a number of votes equal to the number of senators and representatives in its Congressional delegation.
In a 2018 lawsuit against the Department of Commerce’s Census Bureau, then-Rep. Alabama Republican Mo Brooks wrote:
Approximately 17 million illegal immigrants living in the United States, up 16% since 2021: Analysis
“In states where a large portion of the population cannot vote, the number of people voting is counted higher than the number of people living in states where a larger percentage of the population is American citizens. It is appropriate to count the population’ by taking the right to vote from Americans and giving it to others.[s]. ”
Resolving this flawed process is paramount heading into an election year.
First, excluding noncitizens (tens of millions of them illegally) from apportionment would help prevent sanctuary policies. Sanctuaries in places like California, Illinois, and New York rely on illegal immigration, at least in part, to keep populations high.
During a hearing on Haitian immigration in 2021, Rep. Yvette Clark (New York) said her district “could absorb a significant number of immigrants,” adding, “I don’t want to change my district just for redistricting.” We need more people,” he added.
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These states need to keep their populations inflated with illegal aliens because their disastrous policies are causing Americans to flee in droves. Make it clear to these states and their radical governors that they cannot use illegal aliens to “book their books” in order to maintain disproportionate political power (and funding). will go a long way in breaking the trend of sanctuary states.
Second, excluding non-citizens from the apportionment ensures that only the American people shape the political landscape and elect future leaders. For states to include millions of foreign nationals in their censuses is unacceptable, tantamount to allowing foreign countries to decide America’s political destiny.
To address this problem and restore trust in the electoral process, Congress should pass legislation to ensure that only American citizens are included in all future apportionment decisions.
Senator Bill Hagerty recently announced legislation that would ensure that only American citizens are included in all future apportionment decisions. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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A Senate bill to do just that was recently introduced by Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and 20 of his colleagues, followed by Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-Tenn.) and Rep. Warren Davidsonks. The House of Representatives, led by the lawmaker, followed suit. Oh, the momentum is growing. If the bill passes, it will likely reach the Supreme Court, but it has a strong legal basis.
The Constitution requires that “people” be counted, and the Founding Fathers almost certainly assumed they were citizens. Regardless of history or tradition, Congress has overall authority to define “person” and specify how the census is conducted.
To the extent that past federal litigation disagrees with Congress on this point, Congress could effectively overturn case law, define “person” as a national, and require that only nationals be counted in the census for apportionment purposes (or non-nationals). may be requested not to be counted).
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U.S. citizenship means something and must come with rights, such as voting in elections, along with responsibilities, such as obeying the laws.
Congress must end the electoral influence of the growing noncitizen population that unfairly changes representation in both the House of Representatives and the Electoral College. American citizens should not have their voting rights devalued or their representatives in Congress or the president subject to corruption because of the inclusion of non-citizens in the census.
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RJ Howman is a visiting advisor to the Border Patrol and Immigration Control Center.
