(NBC News) — “Michael Li, an expert in redistricting at the Brennan Center for Justice, said undercounting immigrants will have consequences nationwide, costing seats in states with growing immigrant populations like Texas, California, and Florida while keeping seats in other states static.”
Hours after the Trump administration announced that the 2020 U.S. census would include a question about citizenship status, Democrats vowed to fight it in Congress and the courts, saying the query will scare away respondents who fear immigration enforcement and that it will yield more political power to the GOP.
“Let’s call this like it is: The census, written about and hallowed in the Constitution, is being distorted by this administration for political purposes. President Trump and (Commerce) Secretary (Wilbur) Ross should be ashamed of themselves,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement. “Hopefully, the courts will correct this glaring abuse.”
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called the decision a “direct attack on our representative democracy,” and vowed to sue. Meanwhile, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Tuesday morning that he’d filed a lawsuit.
Click to continue reading. By Jane C. Timm – Mar 27, 2018