This answers the question “why are these blue-state Mayors so danged eager to take as many Syrian refugees as they can?”
Cause the Census counts PERSONS and not CITIZENS. A warm body, be it terrorist, illegal, or whatever, counts for redistricting purposes. Importing warm bodies stems the flow of Congressional seats and electoral votes to red states.
“Cause the Census counts PERSONS and not CITIZENS. A warm body, be it terrorist, illegal, or whatever, counts for redistricting purposes. Importing warm bodies stems the flow of Congressional seats and electoral votes to red states.”
But that doesn’t mean the Constitution requires electoral votes and redistricting to be based on PERSONS, not CITIZENS.