Kansas joins effort to stop counting noncitizens in census, but communities fear damage
thebeaconnews.org
Census results are used to allocate federal and state resources. Smaller populations mean less money for municipalities and states.
Takeaways
  1. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach joined a lawsuit because Kansas is likely to lose congressional representation to states with larger noncitizen populations.
  2. Advocates say the census count needs to be as accurate as possible. Not counting noncitizens would be a mistake, they warn.
  3. Ohio, West Virginia and Louisiana have also joined the lawsuit.
  • hypna@lemmy.world
    13·
    2 days ago

    Neither illegal immigrants, nor non-citizen residents get to vote. In what sense are they represented in either case?

    • Cort@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 days ago

      Neither do children, and yet they’re still taxed. And non citizens do get to vote in some elections.

      To actually answer your question tho, they vote with their feet. If the representative in their area isn’t doing what they want, they can move which reduces the population count for apportionment. Your proposal removes that little bit of leverage legal immigrants have to affect change.