Obama did it to towns that were conservative by nature. I don’t see a problem with this. Plus, it doesn’t change the electoral vote one bit. If California wants to take in 3 million illegals, let them. Just stay out of Texas.
The census counts everyone regardless of legal status. Congressional seats are allocated on the basis of the census. It is estimated that CA would have 3 to 5 less seats if illegal aliens were not counted.
TX has an estimated 1.6 million illegal aliens. CA has 2.2 million.