堪萨斯州检察长与密苏里州检察长领衔22州：支持普查新规、分席人口不计非法居留者
位于堪萨斯州的州检察长 Kris Kobach 与密苏里州检察长 Catherine Hanaway 10月30日共同领衔一个22州联盟，公开支持美国商务部与人口普查局的一项拟议规则改革：修改人口普查的「通常居住地」认定标准，使非法居留者和临时访客不计入用于分配国会众议院席位的人口基数。
按拟议规则，计入分席人口的将是美国公民与合法永久居民；无合法身份者和临时外国访客将被排除。规则同时征求公众意见，讨论是否在人口普查表中加入关于公民身份与合法永久居民身份的问题。联盟建议，自2030年人口普查起，逐户询问每名成员是否为美国公民、如不是则是否为合法永久居民。
Hanaway 在声明中说：「选举公正要求以美国人民为基础实现公平代表，而不是靠计算非法移民和临时外国访客获得的政治权力。」她表示，这项规则将确保非法移民不能左右人口普查、扭曲国会席位分配或稀释守法各州的代表权。
密苏里州方面援引其今年早些时候起诉人口普查局一案中的专家结论称：由于非法移民被计入，2021年的席位分配中加州多得了3个国会席位和3张选举人票，而密苏里州则因此少得了1个席位和1张选举人票。Hanaway 称，各州不应因鼓励非法移民而获得额外的国会代表权。
加入这份联合意见的州还有阿拉巴马、阿肯色、佛罗里达、佐治亚、爱达荷、印第安纳、艾奥瓦、肯塔基、路易斯安那、密西西比、蒙大拿、内布拉斯加、北达科他、俄亥俄、南卡罗来纳、南达科他、田纳西、德克萨斯、犹他与西弗吉尼亚。拟议规则目前处于征求意见阶段，最终是否采纳及2030年普查的具体问法仍待联邦程序推进。
Kansas and Missouri Attorneys General Lead 22 States Backing Census Rule to Exclude Illegal Immigrants From Apportionment
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach and Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced on October 30 that they are leading a coalition of 22 states in support of proposed reforms by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau to revise the census "usual residence" criteria, so that people unlawfully present and temporary foreign visitors would be excluded from the population used to apportion seats in the House of Representatives.
Under the proposal, U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents would be counted for apportionment, and the rule also seeks public input on adding questions about citizenship and lawful permanent resident status to the census form. The coalition recommends that, beginning with the 2030 Census, every household be asked whether each person is a U.S. citizen and, if not, whether that person is a lawful permanent resident.
"Election integrity requires fair representation based on the American people—not political power gained by counting illegal immigrants and temporary foreign visitors," Hanaway said. Missouri cited an expert retained in its earlier suit against the Census Bureau, who concluded that California gained three congressional seats and three electoral votes in the 2021 apportionment because illegal immigrants were counted, while Missouri would have gained a seat and a vote had they not been counted.
The states joining the Missouri- and Kansas-led comment are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and West Virginia.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
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