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To: Regulator
Illegal aliens have no right to representation in this nation.

They have no right to vote, but the Constitution very explicitly requires that they be counted for purposes of apportioning the House of Representatives:

Fourteenth Amendment, Section 2: " Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State..."

13 posted on 02/12/2010 1:24:23 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Lurking Libertarian
If you are going to quote a sentence, quote the whole thing.
" Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed."

Aliens residing in the US were not supposed to be counted.
18 posted on 02/12/2010 7:10:04 PM PST by rmlew (Democracy tends to ignore..., threats to its existence because it loathes doing what is needed)
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To: Lurking Libertarian
You're leaving out the predecessor sentence:

Section 2 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution provides, “Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed.” Section 1 of the same Amendment provides, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.” The order of these two Sections implies that the persons upon whom apportionment is to be made are persons born or naturalized in the United States.

No one in 1868 envisioned a mass invasion of foreign nationals, as can be found by simply reading Howard's many Senate comments. The intent was to give Black people rights under the Constitution that could not be nullified by State laws. First, they were to be made citizens, and second, they were to be guaranteed citizen's rights, nullifying Dred Scott. Of course, one of those rights is the right to equal representation - not 3/5ths. Thus the language of the 14th.

19 posted on 02/12/2010 7:20:46 PM PST by Regulator (Welcome to Zimbabwe! Now hand over your property....)
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