Groups like the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) are sounding the alarms that illegal immigrants could affect the outcome of national elections in the U.S without casting a single vote.
The Constitution mandates that a census be taken every ten years. The census counts everyone present in the U.S., regardless of their citizenship and immigration status. Currently, the census does not specify whether noncitizens or illegal aliens must be counted to apportion representation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
So FAIR is endorsing legislation by the GOP in the U.S. House of Representatives H.R. 7109, the Equal Representation Act. The bill, which passed, will reinstate a citizenship question on the decennial census and only allow United States citizens to count towards determining the number of congressional seats – which also allocates Electoral College votes for presidential elections.
The bill passed the House by a margin of 206-202, with all Republicans supporting and all Democrats opposing.
FAIR says with the amount of illegals already inside the country, the numbers already skew representation in Congress and potentially affect the outcome of presidential elections – even if not a single illegal alien ever casts a vote.
The group estimates that there are almost 17 million illegals in the U.S. alien population of the United States, the equivalent of 22 congressional districts.
“Because of uneven settlement of illegal aliens, some states were apportioned more seats in the House of Representatives and more Electoral College votes than they might otherwise have received, while other states lost representation and Electoral College clout,” said FAIR.
GOP lawmakers believe with the massive number of illegals allowed in the U.S. under President Joe Biden, their impact could be even more significant after the 2030 Census.
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