ALERT: As you may know, the U.S. Constitution requires the
Census Bureau to count everyone in the census. The once-a-decade population
count is then used to apportion seats in Congress and to appropriate billions
of dollars in federal spending each year.
What you may not know is that the Census Bureau also counts illegal
immigrants in their population count -- and those illegals help determine
Congressional seats too!
Because illegal immigrants are counted in the process of apportioning
districts, they skew Congressional Representation by giving districts with very
few citizens the same voice as districts that sometimes have up to three times
the number of citizens.
Furthermore, because the Constitution allows for illegal immigrants to weight
district size, certain illegal immigrant-heavy states enjoy undue influence in
Presidential elections because they are granted more Congressional seats, and
therefore more representation in the Electoral College than they would have if
illegal aliens were not considered.
This makes absolutely no sense. Apportioning Congressional seats, divvying up
taxpayer dollars and determining the President of the United States should be
based on numbers of citizens, not illegal aliens!
Thankfully, there IS something we can do about this.
Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI) has introduced H.J. Res. 6, to amend the U.S.
Constitution so that only legal citizens are represented in Congress and in
Presidential elections. The bill calls for an amendment to ensure only citizens
of the United States are counted and considered when Congressional Districts are
allocated. It simply reads: "Representatives shall be apportioned among the
several States according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined
by counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United
States."
Rep. Miller has introduced this bill -- now WE have to push our Congressmen
to PASS it!
TAKE ACTION: It's simply common sense: Rep. Miller's proposed
amendment would reverse the unfair advantage that states with inflated
populations have when it comes to Congressional Representation, and would
prevent these states from having such undue impact on Presidential races.
As Rep. Miller stated, "I find it absolutely outrageous that people who are
in our country illegally are having such a profound impact on our political
system. Every 10 years the census determines the number of Congressional
districts allocated to each state. If we continue to include illegal aliens in
that count, we'll allow others to steal the Congressional voice of American
citizens. This is about fundamental fairness and the American ideal of 'One Man,
One Vote.'"
A district that has tens or hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants
dilutes the voice of citizens in other areas of the nation and enhances that of
those who live in such areas. That is just not right.
It's time to correct this injustice, by demanding that Congress support this
common-sense amendment. Click below NOW to send a FREE message to your
Congressman, asking him or her to support H.J. Res. 6, to amend the U.S.
Constitution so that only citizens of the United States are counted and
considered when Congressional Districts are allocated:
http://capwiz.com/sicminc/issues/alert/?alertid=10221026&type=CO
NOTE: Be sure to send this Alert to EVERYONE you know who wants to
help say NO to basing Congressional seats on numbers of illegal aliens. Thank
you!