For 200+ years, the U.S. has divided up seats in Congress among the states based on population counts that include both citizens & noncitizens, regardless of immigration status.
I wrote about how the Trump admin is signaling it may want to change that
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/14/749930756/do-trump-officials-plan-to-break-centuries-of-precedent-in-divvying-up-congress …
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2. Since the first US census in 1790, the Constitution has called for a head count every 10 years of "persons" living in the US to determine number of congressional seats each state gets. The 14th Amendment was ratified to require the counting of the "whole number of persons."
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3. State of Alabama &
@RepMoBrooks are suing@uscensusbureau to stop bureau's longstanding policy of including unauthorized immigrants among "whole number of persons" for apportionment. Alabama@AGSteveMarshall argues unauthorized immigrants are not "persons" under Constitution
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4.
@TheJusticeDept attorneys have been defending the@uscensusbureau in the Alabama lawsuit -- although the presiding judge has called DOJ's efforts "rather halfhearted"
https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1152362643765813249?s=20 …Hansi Lo Wang dodał/a,
Hansi Lo WangKonto zweryfikowane @hansilowangNEW: Trump admin is asking federal judge to dismiss lawsuit the state of Alabama filed to get unauthorized immigrants excluded from#2020Census numbers used to redistribute congressional seats among states. Here's@TheJusticeDept's response to complaint
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6207633-State-of-Alabama-v-U-S-Department-of-Commerce-Et.html …Pokaż ten wątek1 odpowiedź 4 podane dalej 9 polubionychPokaż ten wątek -
5. These past few weeks, I've been tracking mixed signals from the Trump administration on whether it believes unauthorized immigrants and noncitizens in general should be included among the "whole number of persons" for apportionment after the
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6. On July 24,
@RepPressley asked@uscensusbureau Dir. Steven Dillingham if citizenship data will not be used in bureau's apportionment count. Watch how Dillingham paused for 3 notable seconds before stumbling into an attempt to defer a response
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7. On Aug. 9,
@uscensusbureau finally answered@RepPressley's question (after missing the deadline to respond by 6 days), saying the bureau cannot comment on "ongoing litigation"
https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1159948372196728832?s=20 …Hansi Lo Wang dodał/a,
Hansi Lo WangKonto zweryfikowane @hansilowangUPDATE: On July 24,@RepPressley asked if@uscensusbureau Director Steven Dillingham could confirm that citizenship data collected pursuant to President Trump's recent executive order will not be used in the bureau's apportionment count. Today, bureau replied, per@LinaFuego
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8. Former Census Bureau Dir. John Thompson told me he has "serious concerns" about
@uscensusbureau's vague response to@RepPressley & thinks bureau's "not being allowed to state the government's position, & that raises the specter that something is going on behind the scenes"
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9. On July 5, a reporter asked President Trump for the reason for trying to get the now-blocked
#CitizenshipQuestion on the#2020Census. "No. 1, you need it for Congress," Trump said
https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1147244926226370560?s=20 …Hansi Lo Wang dodał/a,
Hansi Lo WangKonto zweryfikowane @hansilowangNEW: White House transcript of President Trump today on the#CitizenshipQuestion, including how "you need it for Congress, for districting" (Congress seats are redistributed, voting districts are drawn using number of residents, not just US citizens)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-marine-one-departure-51/ … pic.twitter.com/01MzZOfCNu1 odpowiedź 4 podane dalej 10 polubionychPokaż ten wątek -
10. On July 11, AG William Barr -- the head of
@TheJusticeDept -- referenced the Alabama lawsuit that DOJ attorneys have been trying to get dismissed & said citizenship data could be "relevant" to case. "We will be studying this issue," he added
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11. Groups including @MALDEF & @LawyersComm are intervening in Alabama lawsuit to defend @uscensusbureau's inclusion of unauthorized immigrants in apportionment. Coalition led by @newyorkstateAG, plus @cityofatlanta @arlingtonVA, want to intervene too
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/12/628425970/latino-voters-move-to-defend-census-immigrant-count-in-lawsuit-by-alabama …
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12. And I'll keep reporting on the apportionment issue as part of my
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13. Btw, congressional apportionment is separate from state/local redistricting, which has also been based (for most part) on total number of residents. That may change after
#2020Census bc@uscensusbureau is producing citizenship data for redistricting
https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1150097925441298432?s=20 …Hansi Lo Wang dodał/a,
Hansi Lo WangKonto zweryfikowane @hansilowang12. If you're wondering if it's legal to draw voting districts based on number of eligible voters rather than number of all residents, the Supreme Court left that an open question back in 2016. From Justice#RBG's majority opinion in Evenwel v. Abbott
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