Equal Representation Act To Stop Illegal Immigrants From Interfering The “equal representation act” was carried by sen. bill hagerty (r tn) in the senate and rep. chuck edwards (r nc) in the house of representatives where the act passed by a 206 202 vote earlier this month. Senator jim risch said, “democrats are undermining the rights of u.s. citizens by encouraging illegal immigrants to enter our country and skew congressional redistricting for political gain. the equal representation act requires that the census bureau include a citizenship question ensuring american values and voices take priority.”.

U S House Passes Bill To Add Citizenship Question To Census To Stop U.s. congressman chuck edwards (nc 11) re introduced the equal representation act to prohibit the influence of illegal immigrants in americans’ congressional representation. congressman warren davidson (oh 08) is co leading this legislation. Washington —today, united states senator bill hagerty (r tn), a member of the senate rules committee, led his colleagues in reintroducing the equal representation act, legislation to ensure that only legal citizens are factored into the count for congressional districts and the electoral college map that determines presidential elections. Bill summaries are authored by crs. equal representation act. this bill requires any questionnaire used in the decennial census to include a checkbox or other similar option for respondents to indicate whether the respondent and each household member is a u.s. citizen. The legislation comes after video revealed a democrat congresswoman openly calling for more illegal immigration to her new york congressional district because she “needs more people in her district for redistricting purposes.”.

Opinion If You Reward Illegal Immigrants There Will Be More Illegal Bill summaries are authored by crs. equal representation act. this bill requires any questionnaire used in the decennial census to include a checkbox or other similar option for respondents to indicate whether the respondent and each household member is a u.s. citizen. The legislation comes after video revealed a democrat congresswoman openly calling for more illegal immigration to her new york congressional district because she “needs more people in her district for redistricting purposes.”. Washington u.s. senators jim risch (r idaho), mike crapo (r idaho), and bill hagerty (r tenn.) led their colleagues in introducing the equal representation act. Last week, gop lawmakers in the u.s. house of representatives passed a bill to add a question of citizenship to the census in an attempt to stop illegal immigrants from factoring into any electoral college apportionment or redistricting. Hagerty’s equal representation act would stop counting illegal aliens when allocating voting power in u.s. elections to prevent illegal immigration incentive. Washington – u.s. senator tommy tuberville (r al) joined u.s. senator bill hagerty (r tn) in introducing the equal representation act which would ensure only legal citizens are factored into the count for congressional districts and the electoral college map that determines presidential elections.