States sue Trump over order to exclude undocumented immigrants from U.S. House seat counts

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Source: Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A coalition of 35 U.S. states, cities and counties sued President Donald Trump on Friday over his directive not to count undocumented immigrants when apportioning seats for the House of Representatives, a move that critics have said is designed to help Republicans.

Trump's plan, announced on Tuesday, could exclude several million people when determining how to apportion the 435 House seats, starting with the 2022 midterm elections. It could cause a few House seats to shift from Democratic-leaning states with large immigrant populations to Republican-leaning states.

The apportionment is also a basis for determining electoral votes for the 2024 and 2028 presidential elections.

Among the mostly Democratic-leaning plaintiffs are New York state, the most populous plaintiff, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/states-sue-trump-over-order-to-exclude-undocumented-immigrants-from-us-house-seat-counts/ar-BB179Vtq?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=DELLDHP

[BigmanPigman]

1. What the FUCK?!?!?

[Phoenix61]

2. How are they going to find them?

The census doesn’t ask any questions about that. Repub states are going to want to count them, FL, TX

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

3. He could just write a simple Executive Order:

Only white Republican men can hold office at any Federal, State, or community level, including the judiciary.