Just In: California SUES Trump Over 2020 Census Question

This is ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.

The Census is meant to inform about AMERICAN CITIZENS. So it makes sense that it would ask if you’re a citizen in the first place. It’s common freaking sense.

The Census determines representatives for each state and district, as well as federal money that goes to each state. So OF COURSE California wants to count all of their illegals. Of COURSE they do. I mean they’ve welcomed them in with open arms… so they might as well get some political clout and cash out of it, right?

Is there any question as to why it’s really in their best interest to count a bunch of people who aren’t supposed to be here in the first place?

Anyway… California is suing. Because the “Sanctuary State” wants to get reps and cash for a bunch of people who shouldn’t even be here. It’s that simple.

According to the Daily Caller:

The state of California is suing the Trump administration for allegedly violating the Constitution by adding a question inquiring about citizenship to the 2020 census questionnaire, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

The Department of Commerce, carrying out a request from the Department of Justice, announced Monday that a citizenship question will be included in the census to better enforce the Voting Rights Act, CNN reported. The relevant Commerce Department statement said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross “has determined that reinstatement of a citizenship question on the 2020 decennial census questionnaire is necessary to provide complete and accurate census block level data,” Fox News reported.

The Secretary of Commerce explains why the citizenship question is SO important:

“The decennial census is mandated in the Constitution and its data are relied on for a myriad of important government decisions, including apportionment of Congressional seats among states, enforcement of voting rights laws, and allocation of federal funds,” Ross said in a memo.

Ross explained that the citizenship question helps provide a more accurate understanding of congressional districts. California, however, is concerned that the citizenship question may discourage illegal immigrants from participating in the census, resulting in an undercount and the possible redrawing of political districts, a loss of political representation on the national level, and increased benefits for the Republican Party as power shifts from the cities to rural America.

Congressional seats among states, enforcement of voting rights laws, and allocation of federal funds?…

OF COURSE California wants to make sure their MASSIVE amounts of illegal aliens are counted!

“We are prepared to do what we must to protect California from a deficient census,” California attorney General Xavier Becerra said in response, according to the Los Angeles Times, “Including a citizenship question on the 2020 census is not just a bad idea — it is illegal.”

“We will litigate to stop the Administration from moving forward with this irresponsible decision,” former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a relevant statement, “The addition of a citizenship question to the census questionnaire is a direct attack on our representative democracy.”

A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY REPRESENTS AMERICAN CITIZENS, YOU MORON.

“Make no mistake — this decision is motivated purely by politics,” Holder added, “In deciding to add this question without even testing its effects, the Administration is departing from decades of census policy and ignoring the warnings of census experts.”

This is beyond stupid. But their motivation couldn’t be any clearer.

I’ve just about HAD IT with California. GTFO.

The Department of Commerce argues that between 1820 and 1950, nearly every decennial census asked a question about citizenship. The question has also been on the long form for years now.

California’s lawsuit asserts that the move violates the constitutional requirement of “actual Enumeration,” which requires a complete count of every person in every state every ten years. “It is long settled that all persons residing in the United States — citizens and non-citizens alike — must be counted to fulfill the Constitution’s ‘actual Enumeration’ mandate,” the lawsuit states.”

“The citizenship data provided,” Ross wrote in a memo on the new question, “will be more accurate with the question than without it, which is of greater importance than any adverse effect that may result from people violating their legal duty to respond.”

The simple fact that California thinks ILLEGAL ALIENS should be considered when appropriating Congressional seats among states and allocating federal funds should be enough to shut this whole crap down.

YOU decided to become a “sanctuary state.” WE should not pay for that ridiculous decision.