NY leads multistate lawsuit against Trump administration over census citizenship question

The Hill ^ | April 3, 2018 | Lydia Wheeler

[Pontiac]

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) accused the Trump administration of trying to steal Congressional seats from states with large immigrant communities.

Or could the inverse be true? Could it be that cities like New York are trying to steal seats, power and Federal cash from states that are not so welcoming to illegal aliens?

“We have seen this pattern from this administration and from other Republicans to cheat at democracy, to cheat the system, to suppress the vote, to demand things like voters IDs so that minority groups will have fewer voters and we’ve seen it work. We must stop it,” he said.

Again, might it be the inverse is true? Might it be that Democrats are cheating at democracy?

Is it fair to inflate the representation of your state with illegal aliens who do not have the right to vote?

Is it fair or honest to have the dead and illegal aliens vote?

Is it honest to have a voter roll that has not been purged of people that are dead or have moved out of the state?

Is it an honest election if a person can just walk in to vote and claim to be anyone and not be asked to prove that they are who they say they are?

[jazusamo]

All excellent points that liberals won’t admit to.

[Enchante]

Lefturds claim that counting illegals toward congressional representation, federal funding, etc. is somehow protected by the US constitution. What b.s.!!!

[Political Junkie Too]

I don't understand how asking if one is a citizen in any way suggests that a non-citizen is here illegally.

Legal and non-legal residents would both answer "no" to the citizen question. What's the problem with that?

-PJ

[jazusamo]

You’re correct but liberals contend it’ll scare illegals and they won’t fill it out, I believe many will just lie and check the U.S. citizen box.

[Political Junkie Too]

I believe many will just lie and check the U.S. citizen box.

Once can see how that ultimately would turn out poorly for Democrats.

Consider, if illegal aliens falsely claim to be citizens on the census, then the number of non-citizens will be undercounted. From this population will be derived the number of illegal aliens, and from that number will be based the debate on amnesty.

If there is to be some preliminary steps toward legalizing illegal aliens that includes them registering, and if the count of illegal alien registrants blows away the estimates based on the false census, then Democrats will be blamed for foisting another "IllegalCare" on the nation, that is, promising a small impact when the true impact is yuge.

It's too bad, however, that our feckless Republicans will not press this issue against Democrats; they will roll over and take the blame.

-PJ

[blueplum]

They know that the census numbers will prove massive voter fraud in blue states. It will negate any claim Hillary has to winning ‘the popular vote.’ And, it will reduce the amount of federal dollars/grants going into sanctuary states, since those dollars will be based on the needs of actual American citizens, not illegals. Sanctuary states depend heavily on federal dollars to provide full services to illegals.