{"id":2160157,"date":"2024-01-26T12:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-senator-introduces-bill-to-end-counting-of-illegal-immigrants-for-electoral-college\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T12:57:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:57:49","slug":"tennessee-senator-introduces-bill-to-end-counting-of-illegal-immigrants-for-electoral-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-senator-introduces-bill-to-end-counting-of-illegal-immigrants-for-electoral-college\/","title":{"rendered":"TN Senator proposes bill to exclude undocumented immigrants from Electoral College count"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennessee-senator-introduces-bill-to-end-counting-of-illegal-immigrants-for-electoral-college%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2160157&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Republican Senators\u2064 Introduce Bill to Exclude Illegal Immigrants from Electoral College and Congressional Districts<\/h2>\n<p>A group of Republican senators, led \u200bby Sen. Bill \u200bHagerty (R-TN), has introduced a bill that aims to ensure that\u200d illegal immigrants are not included in the\u200d population \u2062count for the Electoral\u200b College\u2063 or congressional\u2062 districts.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, \u2064known as the &#8220;Equal Representation Act,&#8221; would require the Census \u2063Bureau to include\u200c a citizenship question in the decennial \u200bcensus. This would\u200c ensure that Electoral College votes are apportioned\u2062 based only on U.S. citizens\u2064 residing in each state.\u200c Former\u2064 President Donald Trump previously attempted to add this \u2063question to the 2020 census but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-blocks-biden-vaccine-mandate-for-businesses-with-100-employees\/\" title=\"Supreme Court blocks Biden vaccine mandate for businesses with 100+ employees\">faced legal challenges<\/a> from Left-leaning groups.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It is unconscionable that illegal immigrants\u2063 and non-citizens are counted toward congressional district \u2062apportionment \u200cand our electoral map. While people continue\u2063 to flee \u200dDemocrat-run cities, desperate \u2063Democrats \u2064are back-filling the mass exodus with illegal immigrants so that they do not lose\u200d their seats in Congress or their electoral votes for\u200b the presidency, hence\u2062 artificially boosting their political power and in turn diluting the power \u2063of other Americans\u2019 votes,&#8221;<\/p>\n<footer>&#8211; Sen.\u2064 Bill Hagerty<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The proposed legislation would ensure\u200c that representatives are designated\u200d based on the number of \u200dcitizens living in\u2064 a state, rather\u2064 than \u200bthe\u200d total population.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Blue states \u2064may be\u2062 losing citizens \u2064over their liberal policies, but they\u2019re making up for \u2063it by \u200bwelcoming illegal\u200d immigrants. Democrats have admitted the quiet part out loud as\u2063 they\u200b continue to justify \u200dtheir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-trooper-says-abbott-border-policies-have-stepped-over-the-line-into-the-inhumane\/\" title=\"Texas trooper criticizes Abbott's border policies as 'inhumane'\">open\u2064 border \u2064policies<\/a>: they just need\u2063 a higher\u200d headcount to help them acquire more\u200d seats in Congress and more dollars from the federal government. This is wrong and un-American,&#8221;<\/p>\n<footer>&#8211; Sen. Marsha Blackburn<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2019, the\u200d Supreme \u200bCourt blocked \u200bTrump&#8217;s efforts to add a\u200d citizenship question \u2062to\u200b the \u2062census in a 5-4 decision, following claims \u200bthat the question was discriminatory.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK\u200d HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The bill has garnered support from several\u200c other Republican senators, including Mike\u200c Braun (R-IN),\u2064 Katie Britt (R-AL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Bill\u2063 Cassidy (R-LA), and many more.<\/p>\n<p>This legislation comes at a time\u200d when the southern border \u2063has seen\u200c a record \u200cnumber \u2063of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-press-secretary-forgets-biden-signed-executive-order-to-resume-catch-and-release\/\" title=\"White House press secretary forgets Biden signed executive order to resume \u2018catch and release\u2019\">illegal immigrants crossing<\/a> under President Joe Biden&#8217;s \u2062administration.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What impact would the &#8220;Equal Representation Act&#8221; have on\u2064 the political landscape of the United States if it were \u200cto become law<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2063 Non-citizens could potentially influence \u2064our democracy by being counted in the population for \u2062the Electoral\u2062 College \u2063and congressional districts,&#8221;\u2063 said Sen. Hagerty.\u200b &#8220;This bill is about preserving the integrity of our elections and ensuring \u2063that American citizens have \u2063equal \u2062representation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The inclusion of a \u2062citizenship question in the census \u2064has been \u200ba contentious \u2064issue \u200dover\u2063 the years. Proponents \u2064argue that it is necessary to accurately determine the number of U.S. citizens \u200din each state, which\u200b in turn affects the number of Electoral College\u200d votes and congressional \u2064seats allocated to\u200c each state. They believe that including\u2062 illegal immigrants\u200c and non-citizens in these calculations dilutes the political\u200d power of American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents of the citizenship question argue that it could discourage \u2062non-citizens, including legal immigrants, from participating in the census. They\u2062 argue that the \u200cgoal of the census should be to\u200b count every \u2062person residing in\u2063 the United States, regardless of their immigration status,\u200c as this data is crucial for the fair distribution of federal resources.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation introduced \u200cby \u200bSen. Hagerty \u200cand his colleagues seeks to address this issue by specifically excluding illegal immigrants from \u200cthe population count for the Electoral College and congressional districts. The bill would require \u200cthe Census Bureau to add a citizenship question\u2064 to the census,\u2063 ensuring\u2062 that only U.S. citizens are taken into account for apportionment purposes.<\/p>\n<p>The bill already has the support of several \u200bRepublican senators, including Sen. \u200bTom Cotton (R-AR), who stated, &#8220;The determination of how many Electoral College \u2064votes and congressional seats each state receives should\u2063 be based on the number of U.S. citizens and legal\u2064 residents. Illegal immigrants should not be allowed to skew this process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If the bill were to become law, it would have a significant impact on the political landscape of the United States. States with large populations of illegal \u2064immigrants would\u2064 likely see a decrease in their Electoral College \u2064votes and congressional seats. This could potentially \u2062shift\u2062 the\u2062 balance of political \u2062power in favor of states with smaller populations of non-citizens.<\/p>\n<p>However, the \u200dbill \u200bis expected to face\u200c considerable opposition\u200d from Democrats and advocacy groups who argue that it is discriminatory and undermines the principle of equal representation \u200dfor \u2064all residents of\u2062 the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The debate over the inclusion of illegal immigrants in the\u2064 population count for the Electoral College and congressional districts is \u200bnot a new one. It has been a topic \u2062of contention between Republicans and Democrats for years, and it\u2062 is\u200d unlikely to be resolved anytime\u200c soon.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 the meantime, the &#8220;Equal Representation Act&#8221; serves as\u2063 another opportunity for Republicans to \u200cpush for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-protesters-heckle-aoc-as-she-gives-press-conference-on-migrant-crisis\/\" title=\"VIDEO: AOC Faces Heckling During Migrant Crisis Press Conference\">stricter\u2064 immigration policies<\/a> and to emphasize the importance of \u200bdistinguishing between citizens and \u2063non-citizens in \u200cmatters of political representation.<\/p>\n<p>The bill will\u200d now go through the legislative process, where it may \u200cface challenges\u200d and amendments. Whether or not it eventually becomes law, the introduction of \u2062this bill highlights the ongoing debate \u200dand differing perspectives on the role of illegal immigrants in the political landscape of the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bill called the &#8220;Equal Representation Act&#8221; was introduced by Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and a group of Republican senators. It aims to exclude illegal immigrants from the population count for the Electoral College and congressional districts. 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