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Trump Seeks to Stop Counting Unauthorized Immigrants in Drawing House Districts – The New York Times

By Thomas A. Smith

WASHINGTON President Trump directed the federal government on Tuesday not to count undocumented immigrants when allocating the nation s House districts, a move that critics called a transparent political ploy to help Republicans in violation of the Constitution.

The president s directive would exclude millions of people when determining how many House seats each state should have based on the once-a-decade census, reversing the longstanding policy of counting everyone regardless of citizenship or legal status. The effect would likely shift several seats from Democratic states to Republican states.

via www.nytimes.com