Trump signs memo aimed at omitting undocumented immigrants from census count

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BREAKING: President Trump signs memo that aims to omit undocumented immigrants from 2020 census count, likely prompting legal challenges from Democratic-controlled states.

the number of seats in the House of Representatives each state is allocated and impacts the dispersal of billions of federal dollars. Omitting undocumented immigrants has been criticized as an effort to reduce aid to states with large immigrant populations and to reduce the political clout of those areas, which are heavily represented by Democrats.

The Constitution directs Congress to conduct a census count of"persons” living in the U.S., and does not distinguish between citizens and non-citizens. The Supreme Court has not directly ruled on whether"persons" includes immigrants, but lower courts have said undocumented immigrants should be counted.

 

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His 'memo' carries NO LEGAL AUTHORITY. Don't be distracted.

Like most other Republican proposals shouldn't counting people be left up to states? If Red States don't want to count some people, oh well, they'll just get less in federal subsidies.

Us citizens and population is 2 of the same but all registered citizens can only benefit from government programs regardless according to law... So those that have no citezenship cannot vote so why are people housing illegal immigrants and voting for there benefits?

The Constitution directs Congress to conduct a census count of 'persons”, and does not distinguish between citizens/non-citizens. The Supreme Court has not directly ruled whether 'persons' includes immigrants, but lower courts have said undocumented immigrants should be counted.

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