re: Should Illegal Aliens count towards congressional representation?

Let’s look at what the 14th amendment has to say-

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Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed.

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Well, that seems pretty straight forward. Count everyone. Period.













BUT... then there’s this little tidbit-

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But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.

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This is clearly stating that if there are persons in the count that aren’t eligible to vote (for reasons other than age, insurrection, or being a criminal) then that State’s representation should be reduced by a proportional amount.

So yes, count everyone in the census, but then reduce the state’s congressional representation by the proportion of illegals.


Furthermore, the 19th and 26th Amendments clearly apply only to citizens-

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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

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The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

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