Not surprisingly, it’s in a deep red district, currently represented by Mike Collins, author of the Laken Riley bill. Not that hypocrisy is a smoking gun these days, but those migrants are going to be counted in the census. Thus, this is a way for Republicans to use Migrants to pad their count for the House of Representatives/electoral college.

[–] AnarchoAnarchist@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Using people in bondage to pad your numbers when allocating representatives.

History truly does repeat itself.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That won't work until the next census, right? I don't think representatives are allocated based on a live running tally of the population.

[–] AnarchoAnarchist@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yea, wouldn't take effect until 2030.

I am sure President Gavin Newsome will dismantle the camps as soon as he takes office /s

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Newsome loves dismantling camps but not those kinds