Quote:I've written before about how the influx of illegal aliens can impact the apportionment of seats for Congress as well as the electoral votes for president. X owner Elon Musk has been raising the alarm about this problem. Republicans have introduced bills in both the House and the Senate to stop this practice.

How important is this to the Democrats?

Joe Biden signed an executive order to count noncitizens on the very first day he occupied the Oval Office.

Now immigration experts are weighing in on just how much this may impact the election.

"Illegal immigration has all kinds of effects and among them is that it distorts the mechanics of democratic government," Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, told Fox News Digital in an interview. "Illegal immigrants aren't even supposed to be here, so their inclusion in the census count for purposes of apportionment really is outrageous."

"There are a lot of close votes in Congress, more than there used to be. So, it can, in fact, make a difference," Krikorian said. "It shouldn't be a question of: Does this give you personally more influence in Washington? The question should be: Is it right? Is it healthy for our democratic process to be distorted this way? The answer is no."

Overall, according to the Federation for American Immigration Reform, there are an estimated 16.8 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S. as of June 2023. Therefore,because every House seat represents761,168 residents on average, the total number of illegal immigrants account for roughly 22 seats in the House.

Then there's the impact on the electoral votes.

Electoral votes are allocated among the States based on the Census. Every State is allocated a number of votes equal to the number of Senators and Representatives in its U.S. Congressional delegation—two votes for its Senators in the U.S. Senate plus a number of votes equal to the number of its Congressional districts.

It could potentially help the blue states that have citizens fleeing, like California and New York, if they have illegal aliens flooding in — which might be one reason that they would want to have sanctuary cities or states if it helps them hold onto power that they otherwise might lose. New York just lost a House seat because of the last census in 2020, hence the importance of such calculations.

Lora Ries, director of the Heritage Foundation's Border Security and Immigration Center, and RJ Hauman, the president of the Immigration Center for Enforcement, warned this could result in a "warped representation" in Congress.

"Barring the Census from including noncitizens in apportionment is critical in making sure that American citizens — the only population who can and should vote in U.S. elections — are picking America’s leaders," Ries and Hauman wrote. "Biden’s intentional border crisis has produced unprecedented apportionment issues, distorting the representation that states have in the House, and how many electoral votes they have in presidential elections."

The pair made the argument that if you eliminated counting noncitizens, you would discourage sanctuary cities and stop foreign nationals from influencing our national politics in this way.

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) called it unconscionable and pointed out how it "dilutes" the votes of Americans.

"While people continue to flee Democrat-run cities, desperate Democrats are back-filling the mass exodus with illegal immigrants so that they do not lose their seats in Congress and maintain electoral votes for the presidency and hence artificially boost their political power, which in turn dilutes the power of other Americans’ votes," he added.

Eric Ruark, the director of research for NumbersUSA, said that this even helps states get more money.

"Federal dollars are also based upon population. States who have a higher illegal immigrant population are going to see more federal funding."

So there are all sorts of incentives for these folks to hold onto power and money by bumping their populations with illegal aliens or other noncitizens. This should be right up there as one of the main issues to rectify by passing the pending bills on the issue — yet many aren't even aware of the issue. If you stop the benefit, you likely discourage the desire to allow illegal aliens just to flood across the border.

Quote:Yes, millions of hardworking Americans continue to struggle to make ends meet due to Bidenomics and Bidenflation. Also yes: Despite three years of Joe Biden's policies continuing to take a bite out of their wallets, a majority of Biden critics who responded to a new survey named the continuing illegal alien invasion as the number-one reason they want him gone, come January 20, 2025 — if not sooner.

And yes, what was once Biden's border crisis has deteriorated into an all-out invasion.

According to Gallup poll results released on Wednesday, Biden's handling of the economy grabbed the number-two slot, followed by inflation at number three. It should be noted that the poll was conducted before the release of the Hur Report on February 8.

The findings were part of an overall survey on Biden and the 2024 presidential election that also found the embattled president's approval rating at just 41 percent — the lowest of all presidents at this stage of their first term.

As the illegal alien invasion of America continues with no end in sight, Gallup's findings are hardly shocking.

As my colleague Susie Moore reported, serial-lying Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was impeached in a 214-213 vote Tuesday evening, marking the first time that the House of Representatives voted to impeach a member of a president's cabinet in nearly 150 years.

The Senate trial of Mayorkas is expected to begin later in February. The Constitution requires a two-thirds vote to convict, and the penalty for an impeached official upon conviction is removal from office. The chances of the embattled DHS head being convicted hover somewhere near minus-zero percent.

Following the impeachment of Mayorkas, Biden (his handlers) said in a bizarre White House statement (emphasis, mine):

History will not look kindly on House Republicans for their blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship that has targeted an honorable public servant in order to play petty political games.

Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, a Cuban immigrant who came to the United States with his family as political refugees, has spent more than two decades serving America with integrity in a decorated career in law enforcement and public service.

From his time in the Justice Department as a U.S. Attorney to his service as Deputy Secretary and now Secretary of Homeland Security, he has upheld the rule of law faithfully and has demonstrated a deep commitment to the values that make our nation great.

Hang on.

So I'm not a constitutional scholar — but neither is Biden. Since when has partisanship been unconstitutional? Moreover, it is constitutionally within the purview of the House to impeach Mayorkas.

As for upholding the rule of law, the claim is a demonstrable lie.

Mayorkas and Biden have brazenly circumvented existing U.S. immigration law from the beginning. While the "sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory" is likely clueless to the fact, we can be certain that Mayorkas is not.

The Bottom Line
While the list of reasons Joe Biden needs to be kicked to the curb in November, if not sooner, is long, there is no reason more critical than that this president and his administration remain an existential threat to the security of this country.