Missouri followed the law. Although the census uses the same laws nationwide, several states did not comply. By counting non-citizens elsewhere, they get additional representation. Missouri who followed the law, gets less representation. Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced Friday that the state, along with several individual plaintiffs, has filed suit against the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau seeking to end the counting of illegal aliens in the census and force a recount of the 2020 Census and 2021 congressional apportionment.
Numbers
In a press release, Hanaway described the lawsuit as a major constitutional challenge to how federal representation is calculated.“To defend our fundamental right to representation in government, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed the most significant election lawsuit in a generation,” the release stated. “This first-in-the-nation suit was filed against the United States Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau for unconstitutionally allowing illegal aliens to commandeer the path to the White House and compromise our elections.”
The lawsuit argues that the current policy of counting illegal aliens in census tabulations is unlawful and unconstitutional. Hanaway is asking the court to order a recount of the 2020 Census and prohibit the inclusion of illegal aliens in future census apportionments.
The 96-page complaint names the U.S. Department of Commerce, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the U.S. Census Bureau, and Acting Census Bureau Director George Cook as defendants.
State Rights
According to the complaint, federal representation is being shifted away from states that enforce immigration laws and toward sanctuary states.
“Attorney General Hanaway will not allow open border states like California, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Maryland to steal an estimated 11 congressional seats, 11 electoral votes, and billions of dollars in funding,” the release said.
