Trump signs executive order to keep Democrats from using illegals to steal House seats

Washington Examiner:

President Trump signed a memorandum that seeks to exclude illegal immigrants from being counted in the next round of congressional redistricting.

Redistricting occurs for state legislature seats and at the federal level for U.S. House districts, known as congressional apportionment. The memo would affect the latter.

Trump's memorandum, sent out by the White House Press Office on Tuesday, reads, "I have accordingly determined that respect for the law and protection of the integrity of the democratic process warrant the exclusion of illegal aliens from the apportionment base, to the extent feasible and to the maximum extent of the President's discretion under the law."

A senior Trump administration official told Reuters that the memo “is another decisive step toward fulfilling his solemn pledge to ensure only American citizens have congressional representation, not illegal aliens." The president signed the memo on Tuesday at 1:10 p.m. EDT in the Oval Office.

The memo is expected to face legal challenges in the court system. As it applies to congressional apportionment, the Constitution says, “Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State."

In 2016, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that apportioning legislative districts by total population rather than eligibility to vote is required by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
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If the executive order prevails California could lose as many as five seats in Congress because of its open borders policies that have invited illegal immigrants.  Democrats have been trying to import supporters because of their shrinking base of support among citizens.