Thread: Say NO to Basing Congress Seats on Illegals

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Take Action Say NO to Basing Congress Seats on Illegals

Tell Congress to Support Support Only Counting U.S. Citizens

ALERT: As you may know, the U.S. Constitution requires the Census Bureau to count everyone in the census. The once-a-decade population count is then used to apportion seats in Congress and to appropriate billions of dollars in federal spending each year.

What you may not know is that the Census Bureau also counts illegal immigrants in their population count -- and those illegals help determine Congressional seats too!
Because illegal immigrants are counted in the process of apportioning districts, they skew Congressional Representation by giving districts with very few citizens the same voice as districts that sometimes have up to three times the number of citizens.

Furthermore, because the Constitution allows for illegal immigrants to weight district size, certain illegal immigrant-heavy states enjoy undue influence in Presidential elections because they are granted more Congressional seats, and therefore more representation in the Electoral College than they would have if illegal aliens were not considered.

This makes absolutely no sense. Apportioning Congressional seats, divvying up taxpayer dollars and determining the President of the United States should be based on numbers of citizens, not illegal aliens!

Thankfully, there IS something we can do about this.

Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI) has introduced H.J. Res. 6, to amend the U.S. Constitution so that only legal citizens are represented in Congress and in Presidential elections. The bill calls for an amendment to ensure only citizens of the United States are counted and considered when Congressional Districts are allocated. It simply reads: "Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States."

Rep. Miller has introduced this bill -- now WE have to push our Congressmen to PASS it!

TAKE ACTION: It's simply common sense: Rep. Miller's proposed amendment would reverse the unfair advantage that states with inflated populations have when it comes to Congressional Representation, and would prevent these states from having such undue impact on Presidential races.

As Rep. Miller stated, "I find it absolutely outrageous that people who are in our country illegally are having such a profound impact on our political system. Every 10 years the census determines the number of Congressional districts allocated to each state. If we continue to include illegal aliens in that count, we'll allow others to steal the Congressional voice of American citizens. This is about fundamental fairness and the American ideal of 'One Man, One Vote.'"

A district that has tens or hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants dilutes the voice of citizens in other areas of the nation and enhances that of those who live in such areas. That is just not right.

It's time to correct this injustice, by demanding that Congress support this common-sense amendment. Click "Go!" NOW to send a FREE message to your Congressman, asking him or her to support H.J. Res. 6, to amend the U.S. Constitution so that only citizens of the United States are counted and considered when Congressional Districts are allocated.

NOTE: Be sure to send this Alert to EVERYONE you know who wants to help say NO to basing Congressional seats on numbers of illegal aliens. Thank you!


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H.J. Res.6
Bill # H.J.RES.6

Original Sponsor:
Candice Miller (R-MI 10th)

Cosponsor Total: 7
(last sponsor added 07/10/2007)
7 Republicans


About This Legislation:
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Representatives to be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by counting the number of persons in each state who are U.S. citizens.


http://www.congress.org/congressorg/web ... d=10221026

Thats why census results are nothing but BS! The liberals want them as voters and the conservatives want them as slaves! Well not much difference there? They will be sheep either way!

Done

Done also!

Me too.