No he didn’t. The court ruling affected timing which changed tactics. The question will still be asked, just not on the Census form.
Just as occurs in every Census, the number of non-participants will be estimated. We want them all to be counted, but only those who are legal residents have to be counted.
How many times do we have to do this? You claimed that was the reason the question was removed and I simply asked for evidence supporting your claim. I haven’t made any claim that requires proof; you have. Got it?
Just drop it dude! What is the point in arguing with someone who is regularly obtuse? It’s pointless! Move on!
Which is all that was objected to to begin with, and he didn’t get his way…
The opponents said no citizenship question on the census, and there will be none.
Have fun spinning that as a Trump victory…
This is exactly right. And notice that only Indians were exempted because they don’t pay taxes.
IRS estimates that about 6 million unauthorized immigrants file individual income tax returns each year. Research reviewed by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office indicates that between 50 percent and 75 percent of unauthorized immigrants pay federal, state, and local taxes .
I don’t owe you anything Samm…got it! Prove my assertion wrong, or drop it.
With a net tax liability of zero or in the negative and tax fraud is rampant with illegals.
That is the part that keeps getting glossed over.
They pay taxes. Sure many of them do.
Many get refunds as well.
I was aware of this as well as the abuse of it:
Do Undocumented Immigrants Collect Benefits?
Undocumented immigrants are eligible for very few federal benefits (Table 1). One notable tax benefit that they have traditionally been eligible for is the Child Tax Credit, a partially refundable credit designed to support low-income families based on their dependent children. A report from the Treasury Department estimated that undocumented immigrants received $4.2 billion in refundable child tax credits in 2010, or roughly one-eighth of the total paid.
But, I was not aware of this, which is an excellent move in the right direction:
However, last year’s tax law changed eligibility requirements by making the refundable portion of the child tax credit only available to filers whose dependents have valid Social Security numbers, therefore rendering ITIN filers with undocumented children unable to claim the CTC for those dependents.
No matter how you spin it, people who have no legal right to be residing in this country have no right to representation in Congress.
We are not talking about non-citizens, we are talking about residents who are here illegally.
So are foreign tourist to be counted as well?
And no matter how you spin it, the constitution asks for a count of persons, not citizens.
I didn’t say citizens.
No, and you know that the census is only distributed to residents.
You’re the one defending the president’s demands for a “citizenship” question on the census when the constitution says NOTHING about citizenship regarding the census.
Is the citizenship question going to be on the census as he demanded…