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JonahND 29 points ago +29 / -0

It says "all persons" because our founding fathers assumed that illegals would be thrown out in the first place....

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irspow 15 points ago +15 / -0

I would agree with that premise. The idea is to distribute representatives and non-citizens have no right to representation.

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DuplexFields 7 points ago +8 / -1

They can get counted in the census; they just won't get counted for making voting districts. Come in illegally, you're a squatter and a guest of wherever you're squatting, which has a vote proportional to its citizens and other legal residents.

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