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Exclude Illegal Aliens From Census?

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a Trump administration effort to exclude illegal aliens from the 2020 census count that is used to apportion congressional seats.

In an unsigned order the justices set a Nov. 30 date to hear oral arguments from the parties.

A three-judge panel in a New York district court in September ruled that Trump’s memorandum excluding illegal aliens from congressional apportionment count was an illegal overreach of the president’s authority as delegated by Congress. The judges on that panel declared the memo, which was issued on July 21, as unlawful and subsequently blocked it from being implemented.

It boils down to this; should people in the US illegally be counted in the census for the purpose of the reapportionment of Congress members following the 2020 census.

What do you think?
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Seats should be based on how many people voted in that state, not how many live there
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@Nunlover 14th amendment, what is it?
@QuixoticSoul I dont get the reference
@Nunlover So citizens who pay taxes but don’t vote shouldn’t count?
@LeopoldBloom exactly 👍🏾
@Nunlover So the census would check if people voted in the last election, and not count them if they didn't? What if someone votes in most of the elections over the past ten years, but missed one because they were sick? Or here in Georgia, where the Republican administration engages in active voter suppression.

The point of the census should be to figure out how many people are in the country, not come up with some artificial figure based on arbitrary exclusions. The Trump administration is blatantly gaming the numbers to deny representation to liberal areas. That's bullshit.