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Corrik7 posted...

To be fair, the framers probably intended it the way that Trump interprets it. However, conservative law backs the letter of the law and not the intent and precedent over interpretation.

It is funny that progressives who always back intent over precedent and interpretation over letter of the law now will flip when it is convenient however.

It would be good if the law could be amended to make it clear illegal inhabitants are not here in actuality and not to be counted, but it is what it is as of now unfortunately.

In addition to representation in Congress and the Electoral College, apportionment also determines how much money states and localities get from the federal government. All residents, whether citizens, legal immigrants, or undocumented immigrants, contribute to a state's or locality's costs for policing, roads, coronavirus testing, whatever.

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