The census has always counted citizens and non citizens
It should NOT be counting non-citizens. Now if someone has a green card & is legally following rules to become a citizen, that’s one thing. But counting illegals should be illegal.
Tell us all why illegal aliens need Congressional representation.
When they are counted, that’s all it’s doing.
As for counting the slaves in the Old South, the position of the North was they should count for zero, and the South wanted them counted as one. The 3/5 compromise is what sealed the deal for the Constitution.
The North should have never backed down. They were right. And if they had won out, there never would have been a civil war.
Counting illegal aliens is the same thing.
I got told I had to be part of some kind of super census last year. People came to my door several times and it became threatening almost. I eventually researched it before talking to them and it is a really intrusive bizarre form that was filled out by a census worker in my home.