[quasimodo_79]

I’ve some extended family and inlaws who are legal residents here. They have almost literally every right AND obligation a citizen has except for the right to vote and a risk of being deported if found guilty of aggravated felony (as I understand it at least).

I don’t see them as a problem. While they do not (temporarily, some are already naturalized) have the right to fully voice their political opinion because they can’t vote, they are still legal residents that deserve some representation numbers wise.

I’m not a fan of the 3/5 compromise when it comes to human beings, so that won’t work. It’s an either all or nothing proposition.

The illegals don’t count in my book, but the citizenship question is questionable in my humble opinion.

[Sacajaweau]

Sorry....simply no way to differentiate between legal and illegal in too many cases.

The Constitution couldn't be clearer...You want a vote...You must be a citizen.

Should they have a say locally?? Sure...go to a Board meeting and be heard.

[House Atreides]

The illegals don’t count in my book, but the citizenship question is questionable in my humble opinion.
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IMHO, it is URGENT to include it. Perhaps if it in their MANY of the ILLEGAL ALIENS will “lay low” when the census questionnaires come in and they will avoid being counted. Then they won’t contribute to UNDESERVED Congressional Representatives and Electoral College votes going to their state.

[TXnMA]

"The illegals don’t count in my book, but the citizenship question is questionable in my humble opinion."

I spent over four years of my life as a legal resident in Japan. I could neither vote in Japanese elections, nor was I counted in the Japanese census.

I was a U.S. citizen the entire time, and I presume that (as a member of the USAF on overseas duty) I was counted in the U.S. Census -- because I could vote in U.S. elections...

Is Japan smarter or more/less just than the U.S.A.?

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Are legal (non-Citizen) residents in the U.S. worthy of greater rights than I had in Japan (which I was defending)? [Can they still vote in the country where they are citizens?]

Are illegal occupants worthy of anything greater than having their @$$3$ kicked back across the border they violated to invade here?

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Do you have any objection to both legal and illegal non-citizen residents being enumerated by category in the demographic statistics we call the Census?

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[easternsky]

WELCOME TO FREE REPUBLIC

[Az Joe]

It is questionable that you are on this board. I suggest you leave now. Your patriotism is in question.