Dems likely to lose seats after Trump move

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The Trump administration is preparing to strip illegal aliens from the U.S. census count—a decision with massive implications for congressional representation, Electoral College votes, and federal funding.

The battle over who counts in the U.S. census is heating up again as President Donald Trump sets his sights on reversing one of the most impactful policies from the Biden era. At the center of the renewed effort is a plan to exclude illegal immigrants from the official population count used to determine congressional apportionment—something Democrats argue is unconstitutional, but Republicans see as a necessary correction.

Rather than reintroduce a citizenship question, which failed in 2020, Trump’s team plans to rely on administrative data from federal agencies to identify and exclude those unlawfully present in the country. This would directly target the way congressional seats, Electoral College votes, and federal funds are distributed—cutting off the political benefits currently enjoyed by states with high illegal immigrant populations.

We’re going to “clean up the census and make sure that illegal aliens are not counted,” said White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller.

Supporters argue the current system unfairly rewards blue states like California and New York by inflating their populations with individuals who, they say, should not be counted toward representation in Congress.

According to researchers, applying Trump’s approach to the 2010 census would have caused California to lose three House seats, while states like Louisiana, Missouri, and North Carolina would have each gained one.
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“Americans deserve fair and equal representation, something that will not be possible until we eliminate the influence of noncitizens in our elections,” Edwards told Real Clear Investigations.

Before reaching the House floor again, the bill must first clear the Oversight Committee, led by Rep. James Comer (R-KY). Comer echoed Edwards’ concerns, telling RCI, “American citizens’ representation in Congress should not be determined by individuals who are not citizens of the United States.”
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Trump is right about excluding illegals from the count that decides congressional apportionment.  There is no way California and New York should get more seats becasue they are full of illegals.