Immigration Influences Apportionment

BLOG: Here are stats from 1998 on how illegal immigration effects redistricting. Unfortunately, we had to wait another 8 years for the topic to become an issue.

A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies points out a peculiar effect illegal immigration is having on congressional apportionment. Although illegals can't vote, their tendency to settle in cluster areas raises population counts in certain congressional districts. When those districts are reapportioned every 10 years, they gain in political power -- even though they contain fewer bona fide voters or legal residents. READ ARTICLE FROM NCPA