See response 71 and 72
> “I think you misunderstand. The Supreme Court has already ruled that the Census count including illegal aliens are part of the population of the US and all are included in House representation/apportionment.”
Ah … No. That’s not at all what was ruled. Such a ruling if it were made which it was not would invalidate more than 200 years of Census practice and policy as well as constitutional amendments addressing the subject. For example, Civil War amendments addressing the citizenship of Black Americans would be negated. Census questions included citizenship to directly address these amendments.
Here’s a chart showing more than 220 years of US history with respect to the census included citizenship or similar questions (Were you born in the US or any of its territories?).
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3762570/posts?page=17#17
That you are so far out of what is transacting makes me hesitant to engage any other comment you might have.
> “The question Trump wanted on the Census was informational. If they checked noncitizen, that would not have meant they are necessarily illegal. There are millions of resident aliens in this country who are legal. My sister in law is from Australia, who has chosen to not become a citizen of the US and is happy with the decision.”
There are three broad categories of status:
Citizen
Noncitizen legals
Noncitizen illegals
Citizen accounting is fairly straightforward primarily by using tax data aggregation of families and dependents, individuals.
Noncitizen legals are easy enough for government databases to be processed for numerical counts. For example, H1B visa holders are a known quantity. Thus, this portion can be accounted for.
Noncitizen illegals are estimable using a variety of methods. For example, the roundup of more than a million illegals that is happening now is based on deportation orders that have been ignored.