The American Pundit

Because after all, why shouldn’t people who are in the country illegally and don’t pay taxes get representation in Congress? Why, illegal aliens should have representatives willing to vote for even more entitlements paid for with tax dollars from legal American citizens. You know, if you’re living in Harry Reid’s world.

If you live in reality, people whose presence here is illegal shouldn’t have representation in a legislature able to commit the rest of us to paying for benefits for people who leech off of the system and ignore American laws.

Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), who is sponsoring an amendment to an appropriations bill that would require illegal immigrants list their status on next year’s Census, said late Wednesday that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) wants them counted amongst the general population instead.

The senator claimed that Reid wants illegals to be counted in the 2010 Census so that left-leaning states with high illegal immigrant populations could increase the size of their congressional delegations. The Census is a major factor in determining the each state’s share of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives.

“I think it’s pretty clear that Harry Reid and the Democratic side…wants illegals counted in the Census, wants illegals in the reapportionment of the House,” Vitter said on a conservative talk radio show late yesterday.

Vitter, who is co-sponsoring the measure with Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah), claimed that illegals counted in the 2000 Census allowed California to maintain up to five additional seats in Congress they should not have.

It’s quite simple: If illegal aliens are granted representation in Congress, Democrats are likely to gain more seats. Heck, liberals are already working to allow illegal aliens to vote in elections by trashing the requirement to show proof of residency before casting a ballot. It’s a cynical ploy to gain more power for the Democratic Party and increase entitlements, all at the expense of American taxpayers and legal citizens.

The census should only count people who are in the country legally, paying taxes and fulfilling their civic obligations. People who ignore our laws, remain in the country illegally, and don’t pay taxes shouldn’t be receiving representation in the legislature for a country they’re not citizens of.

You don’t want the Census Bureau acting as an enforcement agency for immigration? Fine. Don’t report the illegal aliens you find. But then don’t count them as American citizens, either.

It’s like reality and parody have switched places.