Illegal immigration skews census numbers
- 2008/10/01 09:25

Funny how this becomes a "Republican" issue:

"The next time the US census is taken in 2010, it could exclude a significant number of US residents, if a recently proposed amendment were to be approved. The Associated Press reports that an amendment introduced last year by Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI], could see an increase in Republican support for the current Congressional calendar, as conservatives have taken an increasingly hard-line approach to undocumented immigration.

"Miller, when introducing the amendment, argued that states with a large number of undocumented immigrants are gaining unfair representation in the House. She claims that if this amendment had been enacted before the 2000 census, California would have six fewer House seats, and New York, Florida, and Texas, would have one fewer seat. Miller claims the amendment would have an opposite effect in states with fewer undocumented residents, with a seat increase in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Miller’s own state of Michigan.

"Not surprisingly, the proposed amendment has met resistance from immigration advocates, as well as the Census Bureau itself. “Our mandate is to count all residents regardless of legal status,â€