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This is a long but educational paper from 2003. It touches directly on the issues we often discuss on FR.

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How can non-citizens be counted for the purposes of representation? If they are here legally, then sure. Illegals have no right to representation in the US government.

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At present it is not clear whether the Constitution requires non-citizens to be counted for apportionment, but it is clear that any attempt to exclude them would result in years of litigation. Large non-citizen populations take voting power from Americans and give it to other American citizens in high-immigration districts.

Can anybody give me a convincing argument why any foreigners should have ANYTHING to say about how the U.S. Governemnt is constituted? Shall we also include all foreign students that attend our universities? Should we also allow the millions of foreign tourists who just happen to be in the country at election time a voice in selecting our government representatives? What the hey! Lets just go all the way and accept absentee ballots from everybody, everywhere. The whole thing is going down the tubes anyway.