Missouri_Mike
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I didn’t mention the military. Why did you Dodge over to that?So that was the rule in 2010. Since when is 2010 the guide? It’s easy to change the guide lines. At least it should be. What is a non-citizen? Work visa or illegal? Green card or illegal? A legal immigrant not yet a full citizen or... an illegal. You’re reading non-citizen as any low life that jumped the border that is not a member of this country in any way shape or form and can as well as should be deported. A non-citizen doesn’t include anyone that shouldn’t be here to begin with.What makes you think it includes or should include both? These people aren’t citizens and can be deported at any time meaning their presence here is strictly a failure of the government to remove them. Why would they deserve to have representation in the same government that has the legal standing to deport them?It had been a question on the census for a very long time previously. Why would it be a problem now? Other than democrats padding their congressional seats.
Well, since seats in the House are based upon both citizens and non-citizens, it would not change that at all.
It includes both because the Constitution says it does.
Also, the Fed Govt says it includes both.
Congressional Apportionment - Frequently Asked Questions - People and Households - U.S. Census Bureau
Who is included in the apportionment population counts?
The apportionment calculation is based upon the total resident population (citizens and non-citizens) of the 50 states. In the 2010 Census, the apportionment population also includes U.S. Armed Forces personnel and federal civilian employees stationed outside the United States (and their dependents living with them) that can be allocated, based on administrative records, back to a home state.
THe rule they spoke of in 2010 is the way of counting the military, not the whole thing.