Biden Orders Census Bureau to Include Illegal Immigrants in Apportionment
January 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Immigration, The Left, US ConstitutionThe logic here is kind of crazy… mrossol
1/21/2021. The Epoch Times.
President Joe Biden in his first day in office issued an executive order mandating the Census Bureau include illegal immigrants in its apportionment.
Former President Donald Trump sought to exclude aliens.
The secretary of commerce “shall report the tabulation of total population by State that reflects the whole number of persons whose usual residence was in each State as of the designated census date in section 141(a) of title 13, United States Code, without regard to immigration status,” the order states.
“In addition, the Secretary shall use tabulations of population reflecting the whole number of persons whose usual residence was in each State as of the census date, without regard to immigration status, in reports provided to the Governor and officers or public bodies having responsibility for legislative apportionment or districting of each State,” it added.
Apportionment is how the number of U.S. representatives is set; states with a higher population get more. Excluding illegal immigrants stoked fears that several states would lose seats, including California.
Trump through two executive orders directed executive agencies to give data on citizenship to the Census Bureau and the bureau to use the data to determine who is in the country illegally and then exclude them from the apportionment report. The orders were upheld as lawful by the Supreme Court. [more…]
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