Key Points
• President Trump recently indicated that he wants the 2020 census reapportionment of House seats to exclude undocumented immigrants from the calculation.
• If undocumented immigrants are excluded, the 2020 reapportionment calculation will change, including changing the number of House seats allocated to the two largest states, California and Texas.
• There are significant legal and logistical hurdles that probably will prevent undocumented immigrants from being excluded from congressional reapportionment calculations. CONT.
Dudley L. Poston Jr. (Texas A&M) & Teresa A. Sullivan (UVA), Sabato’s Crystal Ball
2020 reapportionment projection excluding undocumented immigrants
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