U.S. Census experts and lawyers say the action is legally dubious.
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Tuesday that would prevent migrants who are in the United States illegally from being counted when U. S. congressional voting districts are redrawn in the next round of redistricting. U. S. Census experts and lawyers say the action is legally dubious. In theory, it would benefit Trump’s Republican Party by eliminating the largely non-white population of migrants in the U. S. illegally, creating voting districts that skew more Caucasian. “Including these illegal aliens in the population of the State for the purpose of apportionment could result in the allocation of two or three more congressional seats than would otherwise be allocated,” the memo said. Responses from Democrats and immigration advocates were swift and condemnatory.
