Illegal immigrants potentially counted in US census take center stage in redistricting battle

The redistricting battle across the country is bringing renewed attention to how the census counts people who are noncitizens, and if people here illegally are inflating the statistics that ultimately decide congressional seats and the Electoral College. "It is unconscionable that illegal immigrants and noncitizens are counted toward congressional district apportionment and our electoral map for the presidency, which also heavily skews the seat count in the U.S. House of Representatives," Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., said in a statement in June on the legislation. "But even if not a single illegal alien casts a vote, the mere presence of illegal immigrants in the U.S. is having a profound impact on the outcome of elections, skewing the representation of Americans," Edwards said at the time.