Discerning the left's hatred of the Census citizenship question
Article publisher:
American Thinker
Article date:
7 October 2018
Article category:
National News
Medium
Article Body:
Twenty-five million illegals or more are present in the U.S. – way more than the generally used estimate of 11 million illegals. No wonder that California, New York, and other states, plus a coalition of at least 175 organizations don't want Americans to know the real number. They have sued to get a federal judge to stop the Census Bureau from asking this question on the 2020 Census: "Are you a U.S. citizen?"
How do we know that the number of illegals in the country is more than twice the number generally assumed? Commerce secretary Ross, who oversees the Census Bureau and who made the decision to include the question, has already said as much....
Secretary Ross did not need to provide any explanationn... Among other points, he noted the need for a reliable calculation of the citizen voting-age population in order to meet the Commerce Department's obligations under the Voting Rights Act.
... a number of state attorneys general had requested that information. Without such information, the states they represent will be ill equipped to defend against the litigation over redistricting that is sure to follow the 2020 Census....
The citizenship question is particularly appropriate in light of the large population of illegal aliens in the United States. Political power for each state rests on who is counted in the representative numbers. Gaining or losing numbers relative to other states means gaining or losing political power in the House of Representatives and the Electoral College....
Aliens – whether legal or illegal – are not "immigrants." An "immigrant" is a person granted the status of "permanent legal resident" by federal law. Immigrants are U.S. nationals and count for purposes of representation. Aliens, including foreign tourists, foreign students, and persons who entered with no legal status or stayed longer than legally allowed, are not to be included in the count for representation.
No theory of self-government can justify one country "representing" citizens or subjects of another sovereign...