A request by the Justice Department to ask people about their citizenship status in the 2020 census is stirring a broad backlash. “Such a question would likely depress participation in the 2020 census from immigrants who fear the government could use the information to target them,” wrote Sen. Dianne Feinstein, ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, in a letter signed by her and four of her Democratic colleagues. “This chilling effect could lead to broad inaccuracies across the board, from how congressional districts are drawn to how government funds are distributed,” the senators said.

The census says some $675 billion, or nearly a fifth of all federal spending, relies on its numbers. The federal government also uses the numbers to dole out seats in the House among the states, which then use the numbers to draw their own lines.

Justice Department officials say they want citizenship information so they can enforce voting-rights laws and shore up confidence in election results.

Some analysts say that if citizenship is on the form, and immigrants refuse to answer, it could mean states such as California wouldn’t have their full population counted. That, in turn, could mean the state would lose out on a congressional seat it would otherwise get.

Apparently the Dems don’t want any questions of citizenship in a census as it would lead to uncovering the voter fraud in many liberal strongholds, like more votes than voters. That’s a real hard one to explain and they don’t like being caught.

The fact that we have elected officials more concerned about the realm of illegal groups and not the interest of  the country requiring voter integrity is tragic.

If illegals shun the census then states like California might not get as much money as they have in the past to throw away on those who are not here legally. Good. Such states should not be given any money for illegals.

Some analysts say that if citizenship is on the form, and immigrants
refuse to answer, it could mean states such as California wouldn’t have
their full population counted. That, in turn, could mean the state would
lose out on a congressional seat it would otherwise get.

Where does it say in the Constitution, (or any other Federal law for that matter), that foreign nationals, illegal aliens, non-U.S. citizens are represented by a seat in the U.S. congress?

“This chilling effect could lead to broad inaccuracies across the board,
from how congressional districts are drawn to how government funds are
distributed,” the senators said.

Just exactly where in the Constitution, (or any other Federal law for that matter), does it state that illegal aliens or foreign nationals are entitled to government funds?

The census asked about citizenship during the great migrations of the 19th and 20th Centuries because the government had a legitimate reason to want to know where people came from. We now have a large immigrant population, some of whom are legal and some of whom are not. Certainly it is legitimate to want to determine who this population is.

The Democratic Party has wanted to blur differences between citizens and non-citizens with things like sanctuary cities and drivers licenses for illegal immigrants. But the citizenship question will, as it did in the past, shed light on just who is here legally and who is not. Count on a bitter fight from Democrats and liberals to keep this question off the 2020 census forms.

In ancient times the strongest words a person could utter was “Civis Romanus sum” or “I am a Roman citizen”. You could, according to legend, walk the length and breadth of the known world protected only by those words. People would refrain from harming you simply because they knew if the smallest harm came to you that the response of your government would be swift, sure, and in the case of those who did the harm, quite unpleasant.

In that spirit, we who qualify should proudly declare;

“Civis Americanus Sum”