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Posted on 06/30/2025 10:37:47 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Part one of President Donald Trump's battle to keep illegal aliens off voter rolls began near the end of his first term and will likely come hurtling back in the near future.
The Supreme Court has never made a determination on the legal merits of the argument that noncitizens should not be counted in the United States census, but may soon be forced to do so.
The fight to clarify the census and subsequently adjust congressional seats, Electoral College votes and federal funding, is coming down the pike, according to White House deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller.
Miller indicated last month that he's eager to dive straight in and that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will help lead the effort.
Trump has at his disposal a number of avenues to accomplish his goal, one of which includes Lutnick's agency. Utilizing this route, the Commerce Department could propose adding a census question to distinguish citizens, legal permanent residents, and unauthorized immigrants, as suggested by a lawsuit filed by Republican-led states and the Department of Commerce in January 2025. The data could then be used to exclude noncitizens from apportionment, though not necessarily from the overall count.
Republican support for this approach is growing, with bills introduced by Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., and Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., to mandate a citizenship question and thus exclude noncitizens from apportionment. A GOP-controlled Congress could facilitate approval of such questions, due by 2028. The Supreme Court’s 2019 ruling rejected the citizenship question due to procedural issues, and demanded a stronger justification for having the case reviewed by the Supreme Court before going to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Amending the Census Act is an option
Furthermore, Trump could work with Congress to pass legislation amending the Census Act...
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Shouldn’t need to amend the census act unless it is specifically written to state that illegal aliens should must count towards apportionment of Congressional seat numbers; I’m quite certain it does not.
Good!
Very!
Most would agree; however, the anti-MAGA's argue that since it is not specifically stated, illegals must be regarded as "persons" under the 14th Ad and counted.
That counting is one of the two major purposes for the Biden admin opening our borders to all - an opening that lacked any sensible justification.
It is on a par with the Left's ridiculous NBC argument - the one that gave us Obama and almost gave us Kamala as our commander-in-chief during any need of a national defense.
This will be hard to do though. door to door census takers don’t usually ask your citizenship, but even assuming they are now obliged to do so, what is to stop the person at the home from just lying and saying they are a citizen?
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