Poor wording in Constitution is the problem here. Census was to count ‘all persons’. It does not specify ‘citizens’. Though there may be a way to justify not counting illegals. Indians were excluded because they didn’t pay taxes. The same argument may include illegals if it applied to indians. I am definitely not a lawyer though. 😀
Why does this even need to exist? Shouldn't this be self-evident?!
Poor wording in Constitution is the problem here. Census was to count ‘all persons’. It does not specify ‘citizens’. Though there may be a way to justify not counting illegals. Indians were excluded because they didn’t pay taxes. The same argument may include illegals if it applied to indians. I am definitely not a lawyer though. 😀
It says "all persons" because our founding fathers assumed that illegals would be thrown out in the first place....