WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two Idaho senators are pushing a new bill that would exclude non-U.S. citizens from being counted when it comes to the Electoral College and Congressional district counts that determine presidential elections.
Senators Jim Risch (R) and Mike Crapo (R) introduced the Equal Representation Act alongside Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty.
The law would ensure only legal citizens are counted in determining the maps for Congressional districts and the Electoral College.
Currently, all residents in the U.S., regardless of their citizenship, are counted in both maps.
The new legislation would require the U.S. Census Bureau to include a citizenship question in future counts and require the Census Bureau to publicly share how many people live in each state, and break that number down into how many are U.S. citizens and how many are not.
“Democrats are undermining the rights of U.S. citizens by encouraging illegal immigrants to enter our country and skew congressional redistricting for political gain,” said Risch. “The Equal Representation Act requires that the Census Bureau include a citizenship question ensuring American values and voices take priority.” “Only U.S. citizens should be included in Census Bureau counts to apportion congressional and Electoral College representation,” said Crapo. “This vital reform would prevent states like California and New York from padding their population totals with those here illegally to tip the scales and boost their political power in Washington, D.C.” “It is unconscionable that illegal immigrants and non-citizens are counted toward congressional district apportionment and our electoral map for the presidency, which also heavily skews the seat count in the U.S. House of Representatives,” said Hagerty. “While people continue to flee Democrat-run cities, desperate Democrats have back-filled the mass exodus with illegal immigrants so that they do not lose their seats in Congress or their electoral votes, hence artificially boosting their political power and in turn diluting the power of other Americans’ votes. I’m pleased to lead my colleagues in reintroducing this legislation that would require a citizenship question on the census and will ensure that only citizens are counted in congressional redistricting.”
Read the bill here.
If passed, the new law would be effective starting in the 2030 U.S. Census and beyond.
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