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Trump Administration asks Supreme Court to overturn ruling on counting of illegal aliens
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The Trump Administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that would require the President to include illegal aliens in the population count used to reapportion congressional seats.
According to a statement by Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, President Trump is in the right concerning his stance on illegal aliens being counted in this manor.
“The President properly determined that illegal aliens should be excluded from the apportionment base to the maximum extent feasible and consistent with the discretion delegated to him by law, and the Administration intends to vindicate that policy determination before the Supreme Court and implement the President’s policy decision. The President’s decision will ensure that American citizens do not have their representation in Congress diminished based on counts of illegal aliens.”
McEnany stated that the district court’s order does not prevent the Department of Commerce from continuing preparations to execute Trump’s policy not to include illegal aliens. According to McEnany, it also doesn’t affect the President’s earlier Executive Order requiring all Federal agencies to cooperate with the Department of Commerce’s efforts to compile citizenship and immigration status data to achieve an accurate count of the number of illegal aliens in the country.
“We look forward to the Supreme Court’s review of the district court’s decision.”
Earlier this month, the court blocked President Trump’s plan to not include undocumented immigrants in the census count used to allocate congressional seats stating that it violates federal law.
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