Emails Connect Census Official With GOP Strategist On Citizenship Question

Without the need to clarify politics, I have a copy of the census my grandparents were put into and it clearly asked citizenships.

This is America and since the census is soely for statistical data, everyone should list citizenship. This helps the government, federal, state and local make determinations on many topics.

As for how it impacts regional lines drawn and associated with party lines etc, why not. One must be and should remain to be a citizen to vote. Voting is a right, a right of US citizens. So I don’t see the problem. This is not political unless we make it so. If one party wants to count non citizens and not declare the number associated with regions and states then that seems to be the ones who are aiming politically for an advantage.

My Family, my wife and even one of my children were born abroad, some elected citizenship and vote, the ones who did not understand and quietly complain, full knowing they made a choice, so I say-I don’t want to hear it. Thank you for your service.

It’s a resident issue rather than having anything to do with status. Congressional districts are based on residents and it’s a zero sum game. Representation is for all residents. I don’t recall the exact number on average for a district, it it seems to be around 40,000. We are expecting over a million new residents due to catch and release along with lain old illegals. IMO, that and the popular vote is the strategy to dominate in the political arena thinking in the near term future. May be telling you something you already know.

The USC only says to count all the persons, not only citizens. But how are we to know if we do not ask the citizen question. If only citizens were counted then states with high illegal populations like the southwest states, would lose money and congressional representatives. I saw an article a while back that said CA could lose up to 10 reps of this goes through.