1. Un Censo para Redibujar el Mapa Político.
La propuesta es vista como una estrategia para reducir la representación de poblaciones que tienden a votar contra los republicanos. El objetivo es alterar el reparto de escaños en el Congreso y el poder electoral antes de las elecciones de mitad de período, consolidando así la influencia del partido republicano.
- It’s also a way for republicans to simply remove representation from populations that vote against them.
- Aimed at helping republicans gerrymander maps before 2026 midterms to secure authoritarian control. It’s nationwide gerrymandering to cement trump’s hold on the congress and power.
- Translation: rig the numbers, erase communities, and steal representation. It’s unconstitutional, racist, and a blatant power grab before 2026.
- This is more than the undocumented. It's about doctoring the numbers to give republicans a false representation.
2. Violación de la Constitución y la Tradición Histórica.
La medida contradice directamente la Enmienda 14 de la Constitución, que exige contar al "número total de personas en cada estado". Además, rompe con más de 200 años de práctica censal en Estados Unidos, donde todos los residentes han sido contados independientemente de su estatus migratorio.
- Trump wants a new census that erases millions of undocumented immigrants from the count—breaking with 200 years of precedent & defying the 14th amendment.
- Leaving undocumented immigrants out of the census would run directly against language in the constitution that orders the government to count “the whole number of persons in each state.”.
- Census has historically counted all residents regardless of citizenship status, as required by the 14th amendment.
- Our constitution requires all people be counted. Congress controls census, not the potus. Trump wants to exclude.continued.
3. Impacto y Posibles Consecuencias Inesperadas.
Excluir a los inmigrantes indocumentados afectaría la distribución de fondos federales y la representación política. Sin embargo, la medida podría ser contraproducente para los republicanos, ya que estados con grandes poblaciones de inmigrantes como Texas y Florida podrían perder escaños en el Congreso y, por tanto, poder político.
- The vast majority of undocumented immigrants live in florida and texas. I say we let him do it. It’ll backfire on him and the gop.
- ‘texas could lose political clout under trump’s call for a new census’ trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants could have unforeseen consequences in border states.
- "in 2020, the pew research center estimated the effect of excluding unlawful immigrants from the census count on apportionment, finding that alabama, ohio, and minnesota would each get an additional house seat while california, texas, and florida would each lose one seat." ugh.
- I wonder what percent of the counted population in the 2020 census of, say, texas, was undocumented immigrants? florida? would not counting those lose them house seats? just askin'.