You make your case that apportionment is the immediate reason for open borders and in ten years most of the illegal immigrants will be voting for Democrats. What is amazing is that this alleged president is able with great ease allow 8 million illegal immigrants into the nation for political reasons. The conclusion is that Congress is an ineffective institution to preserve and protect the Constitution bordering on being a corruption institution, if not already. “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” A major job of the presidency is to enforce the laws of the United States. If there is a loophole in immigration law that allows in effect open borders it means legislators have done an incompetent or corrupt job in legislating.
What congress is ineffective in, is executive branch oversight. The primary domestic job of the president is to faithfully execute the law (Art II). Biden is not doing that. A mature congress would de-fund the Office of the President until and unless he enforced the law, or impeach and remove him for violating his oath of office.
The Rs finally seem to be ready to impeach, but the Senate will not convict. And the law will not be enforced.
I think you missed the point. My point is that it is not at all about illegal voting, but about apportionment. A House district includes roughly 700K people. Not voters. Not people of voting age. Not citizens. Just warm bodies. Cram 700K new warm bodies into a metro and the Congressional map changes, regardless of whether those people vote. Electoral College votes are based on House districts. The massive influx of illegals to metros will move rural & suburban red seats to metro blue. The voters in a metro still will vote blue, but the addition of so many ppl will add another District and Electoral vote to that metro.
Nothing? So, you think they would be letting them in if they voted Republican? It is obviously "both...and," not "either...or." They benefit from the new voters (and their children) as well as the effects on apportionment.
If what you said was the whole truth, democrats would actually be worried about illegal immigration to Texas. But somehow they aren't. They think the new voters can turn the state blue. They are not worried about Texas getting more electoral college votes or seats in the House. The think the advantages of getting more Democrat voters outweigh the cost of greater apportionment to what is now a red state.
Your point about apportionment is a very good one. Absolutely vital, in fact. But it is not the whole story. And insulting Republicans for discussing the effect on the voter base is completely unwarranted. That said, you are right to suggest that apportionment should be a bigger part of the story---voter IDs alone won't fix the perverse incentives the left has.
You make your case that apportionment is the immediate reason for open borders and in ten years most of the illegal immigrants will be voting for Democrats. What is amazing is that this alleged president is able with great ease allow 8 million illegal immigrants into the nation for political reasons. The conclusion is that Congress is an ineffective institution to preserve and protect the Constitution bordering on being a corruption institution, if not already. “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” A major job of the presidency is to enforce the laws of the United States. If there is a loophole in immigration law that allows in effect open borders it means legislators have done an incompetent or corrupt job in legislating.
What congress is ineffective in, is executive branch oversight. The primary domestic job of the president is to faithfully execute the law (Art II). Biden is not doing that. A mature congress would de-fund the Office of the President until and unless he enforced the law, or impeach and remove him for violating his oath of office.
The Rs finally seem to be ready to impeach, but the Senate will not convict. And the law will not be enforced.
I think you missed the point. My point is that it is not at all about illegal voting, but about apportionment. A House district includes roughly 700K people. Not voters. Not people of voting age. Not citizens. Just warm bodies. Cram 700K new warm bodies into a metro and the Congressional map changes, regardless of whether those people vote. Electoral College votes are based on House districts. The massive influx of illegals to metros will move rural & suburban red seats to metro blue. The voters in a metro still will vote blue, but the addition of so many ppl will add another District and Electoral vote to that metro.
Nothing? So, you think they would be letting them in if they voted Republican? It is obviously "both...and," not "either...or." They benefit from the new voters (and their children) as well as the effects on apportionment.
If what you said was the whole truth, democrats would actually be worried about illegal immigration to Texas. But somehow they aren't. They think the new voters can turn the state blue. They are not worried about Texas getting more electoral college votes or seats in the House. The think the advantages of getting more Democrat voters outweigh the cost of greater apportionment to what is now a red state.
Your point about apportionment is a very good one. Absolutely vital, in fact. But it is not the whole story. And insulting Republicans for discussing the effect on the voter base is completely unwarranted. That said, you are right to suggest that apportionment should be a bigger part of the story---voter IDs alone won't fix the perverse incentives the left has.