{"id":2219726,"date":"2024-04-12T18:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T22:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-kennedy-grills-dhs-secretary-mayorkas-on-electoral-impact-of-illegal-immigration\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T18:21:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T22:21:26","slug":"sen-kennedy-grills-dhs-secretary-mayorkas-on-electoral-impact-of-illegal-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-kennedy-grills-dhs-secretary-mayorkas-on-electoral-impact-of-illegal-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Kennedy questions Secretary Mayorkas on how illegal immigration affects elections in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fsen-kennedy-grills-dhs-secretary-mayorkas-on-electoral-impact-of-illegal-immigration%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=2219726&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--><p>During a Senate budget hearing, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) questioned\u2063 Homeland Security Secretary \u2063Alejandro Mayorkas on \u200bhow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-sheriffs-call-on-biden-to-finish-trumps-border-wall-stop-gangs-guns-dangerous-drugs-entering-u-s\/\" title=\"Hundreds Of Sheriffs Call On Biden To Finish Trump\u2019s Border Wall, Stop \u2018Gangs, Guns, Dangerous Drugs\u2019 Entering U.S.\">mass illegal immigration<\/a> impacts\u200d the allocation \u200bof\u2063 congressional districts and electoral\u200b votes. Kennedy emphasized his\u200c concerns about the influx of illegal immigrants\u200b potentially affecting electoral \u200boutcomes. The discussion led to a debate regarding the influence of \u200cillegal immigration on the political\u2063 landscape.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) questioned Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the electoral impact of mass illegal immigration during a Wednesday Senate budget hearing, arguing that the influx of illegal immigrants will skew the allocation of congressional districts and electoral votes.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kqD2B8RyIlw\">asked Mayorkas<\/a> if he could confirm that \u201cthe number of illegal immigrants that you and the president allow into our country counts for congressional district reapportionment?\u201d Mayorkas first responded by saying \u201cI\u2019m not sure I understand your question but I can surely share with you that I disagree with its phrasing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsn\u2019t it true \u2026 that the number of illegal immigrants that you and President Biden have allowed into our country counts in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morning-wire-afghanistan-collapses-dc-wades-into-state-mask-battles-how-new-census-data-could-impact-elections\/\" title=\"Morning Wire: Afghanistan Collapses, DC Wades Into State Mask Battles, How New Census Data Could Impact Elections\">allocating electoral votes<\/a>?\u201d Kennedy asserted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe notion, Senator, that we intend to allow illegal immigration is nothing short of preposterous,\u201d Mayorkas answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more people you allow into our country illegally, the more people are counted for reapportionment. And the more people you allow into our country illegally the more people are counted for allocating electoral votes,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cThe only people I know in this country who are better off today than they were four years ago are illegal immigrants, and that\u2019s as a result of your policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2959294\/voters-illegal-immigration-biden-secret-permanent-majority\/\">polling data<\/a> from Rasmussen found that 57% of likely voters believe that Biden is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-goes-after-democrats-for-gross-incompetence-says-he-might-go-to-southern-border-himself\/\" title=\"Trump Goes After Democrats For \u2018Gross Incompetence,\u2019 Says He Might Go To Southern Border Himself\">intentionally allowing illegal immigrants<\/a> to enter the United States in order to establish a permanent Democratic majority.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk has vocally warned against the electoral implications of illegal immigration, writing in one tweet that Biden wants to \u201cget as many illegals in the country as possible\u201d and then \u201clegalize them to create a permanent majority \u2013 a one-party state.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden\u2019s strategy is very simple:<\/p>\n<p>1. Get as many illegals in the country as possible.<\/p>\n<p>2. Legalize them to create a permanent majority \u2013 a one-party state.<\/p>\n<p>That is why they are encouraging so much illegal immigration. Simple, yet effective. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B9M5ypUOQB\">pic.twitter.com\/B9M5ypUOQB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1753590787130994745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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=1712932862202000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0plT8RRdMy9XUpIhocnjQS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Available data shows that Democrats enjoy a significant advantage among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-go-to-war-against-joe-bidens-450k-payouts-to-border-crossers-civilizational-homicide\/\" title=\"Republicans Go to War Against Joe Biden's 0K Payouts to Border Crossers: 'Civilizational Homicide'\">foreign-born voters<\/a>, with one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2019\/02\/trumps-alienating-immigration-agenda\/582265\/\">2019 analysis<\/a> in The Atlantic finding that Democrats won 90% of Congressional districts with a higher-than-average foreign-born population.<\/p>\n<p>Even without amnesty, however, illegal immigrants are still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/topics\/public-sector\/congressional-apportionment\/about\/faqs.html\">counted<\/a> in official census figures, which are used to apportion congressional districts and electoral college votes.<\/p>\n<p>Over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2455010\/illegal-border-crossers-total-over-10-million-since-biden-inauguration\/\">10 million<\/a> people have crossed the border since President Joe Biden took office. There have been over one million illegal immigrant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/over-one-million-illegal-migrants-encountered-at-southern-border-in-first-six-months-of-fiscal-year-2024\">encounters<\/a> on the southern border in just the first six months of fiscal year 2024. There have also been an estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/cis.org\/Arthur\/Blockbuster-House-Report-Reveals-How-Badly-Bidens-Broken-Our-Immigration-System\">1.7 million illegal immigrant gotaways recorded<\/a> since Biden took office in 2021. There were 415,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-nationals-are-flooding-across-southern-border-at-record-pace\/\" title=\"Record numbers of Chinese nationals are pouring across the southern border\">000 total reported gotaways<\/a> for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a Senate budget hearing on Wednesday, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) probed Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the electoral repercussions of mass illegal immigration. Kennedy expressed concern that the surge in illegal immigrants could distort the distribution of congressional districts and electoral votes. He sought confirmation from Mayorkas on whether the influx of illegal immigrants would impact this allocation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":503,"featured_media":2219727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Untitled-design-57-e1712943909836.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2219726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Untitled-design-57-e1712943909836.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/503"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2219726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2219727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2219726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2219726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2219726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}