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.
According to my research, the census does little to establish if the persons counted are US citizens. When they do, using the Census long form, lying about citizenship status would be expected.
By the way, The House can change the rules to disallow certain groups of non-citizens from being counted as part of its reapportionment process.
“How can non-citizens be counted for the purposes of representation?”
The Constitution does not differentiate between citizens and non-citizens and the provision for the census only requires that all persons be counted. Right now each congressman represents about 690,000 people. California with its millions of illegal aliens, gets 3-4 additional representatives because of them. Texan and Florida and New York also get more representatives because of them.
This should be taken to court by some conservative group. Foreigners should have no representation here........period.
With upwards of 20 million illegals running about, it seems that only those who want to, can see them and count them accurately. That does not include the government, which apportions representation and federal funds based on numbers contrary to its own.