If California residents are undercounted in the 2020 census, the state could lose billions in federal funding and at least one House seat — outcomes the Trump administration would welcome, columnist LATimesSkelton writes
, as expected — a query asking people whether they are U.S. citizens. He insists the information is needed to help enforce the Voting Rights Act.California officials fear many undocumented immigrants will simply refuse to participate in the census, even though they’re not being asked about their legal status.
The problem for California is that federal funding of state and local programs is based on population. And so is the apportionment of congressional seats. California could lose billions of federal dollars and at least one House seat — along with an Electoral College vote that helps determine who wins the presidency.So Newsom has asked the Legislature for $55 million — on top of $100.3 million previously approved under Gov.
“Everyone’s talking about Manzanar,” says USC demographics professor Dowell Myers, referring to the former internment camp in Owens Valley near Mount Whitney. “Just discussing this generates fear.” “We’ve got the Russians on one side and now we’re getting it from our own administration on the other.”“I blame the liberals for making themselves targets by being sanctimonious and acting high and mighty,” the professor says. “They’re know-it-all, like the school teacher who tries to discipline children.
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