Posted on 07/21/2020 1:58:54 PM PDT by montag813
by Joe Callen
Illegal aliens will not be counted for purposes of congressional apportioning thanks to a memorandum set to be signed by President Trump on Tuesday.
Congressional seats and electoral college votes are currently divided up by counting all persons in each district, including illegal aliens. This allows states like California, New York, and Florida to receive more congressional seats and electoral college votes, while diluting political power in states with small illegal alien populations.
States like Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia were projected to lose congressional seats if the illegal alien population was included in congressional apportioning.
The memorandum, White House officials said, will ensure American citizens receive proper representation in Congress without being minimized by apportionment counts inflated by the illegal alien population.
“Today’s action to exclude illegal aliens from the apportionment base reflects a better understanding of the Constitution and is consistent with the principles of our representative democracy,” Trump said in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at us24news.com ...
Didn’t we already have a court case on this?
how would this be done?
I guess Ruth Buzzard Guinsburg’s prognosis is looking poor.
The system, as it has been up till now, incentivizes states to ignore federal immigration law. If illegals don’t generate federal aid revenue for the states but continue to generate huge costs, the crooked politicians will drop their cause like a hot potato. They care about illegals only because of the money and power that can be gained from them.
Hey?! You got anything written by Larry Schweikart handy? ;)
Lol!
You can bet the dems will get some Clinton or 0bama judge to block it. Maybe even a Bush judge.
“I can’t spare this man. He fights!” ~ Abraham Lincoln
Woo Hoo!!!!
Time for another Trump donation. I’ll make it 80 this time.
Will bring my total to $260.
I give what I can. In the near future, I’ll also make another donation to FR.
WE need this man. He fights.
Bravo! Illegals are ILLEGAL, the don’t count and they don’t deserve nor are they entitled to representation. If anyone thinks so show it to me in the Constitution.
Non-citizens have a right to humane treatment but no other rights. NONE.
NEWS CONFERENCE .. President Trump on live TV now.
Larry who?
“Didn’t we already have a court case on this?”
We did have a court case on this. I think this is an end-run to accomplish the same thing by a different means. If I recall, the House and the Senate must vote to overcome an executive order. Here’s what I found.
” Congress has the power to overturn executive order by passing a new law, that has enough support to override a presidential veto.”
Complete texts of the Memorandum and POTUS statements:
President Donald J. Trump Is Taking Action to Ensure American Citizens Receive Proper Representation in Congress
White House News ^ | July 21, 2020 | President Donald J. Trump
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3867065/posts
Joe makes no sense .
Calif and NY are full of illegals .
They are getting screwed.
The premise is wrong .
OK, but how are you going to enforce this? Aliens can lie on the census.
From another thread, different topic, but the ruling in 2019 relates:
“I think the bottom line is last July’s (2019) ruling from the Supreme Court, that no preliminary injunctions could halt the border wall construction (it being a formally declared National Emergency and all).
It was a real issue of growing intensity back then, that any one of the hundreds of un-elected District Court judges were issuing nationwide injunctions (effectively vetoes) against the elected President. Senator McConnell warned the Chief Justice that is he did not address this (as head of the Judiciary) the Legislature would. After that ruling from the Supreme court last July, everyone seemed satisfied that the rogue judges were reined in, from exercising such nation-wide vetoes.”
The judge has no jurisdiction over FOREIGN NATIONALS
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