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Missouri launches sweeping lawsuit to block census from counting illegal immigrants: ‘hijack representation’

Missouri launches sweeping lawsuit to block census from counting illegal immigrants: ‘hijack representation’

FIRST ON FOX: Missouri filed a sweeping federal lawsuit on Friday arguing the Census Bureau’s practice of counting illegal immigrants and visa holders is unconstitutional because it dilutes U.S. citizens’ votes and bolsters blue states’ representation in Congress. The lawsuit, led by Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, alleges that Missouri was robbed of one congressional seat after the 2020 census because the apportionment process, conducted every ten years, involves counting certain foreigners living in the United States. Missouri lawyers made an ambitious demand that the Census Bureau redo its population count from 2020 and exclude illegal immigrants and visa holders, and then recalculate how many seats each state should have in the House. BATTLEGROUND GOP LAWMAKER MOVES TO BLOCK WHAT HE CALLS DEMOCRATIC REDISTRICTING ‘POWER GRAB’ The demand comes ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, as President Donald Trump is staring down the possibility of Democrats regaining House control. The policy “steals federal representation from Missourians, and transfers it to States who artificially inflate their population by harboring illegal aliens,” Missouri lawyers wrote in the complaint, filed in federal court. Including all people living in a state in the apportionment process, which determines how many seats a state gets to have in the House, is a centuries-old practice that has seen various court challenges in recent decades. Those challenges have been unsuccessful, though the Supreme Court has declined to weigh in on the matter directly. The Constitution says states’ representation in Congress should be based on the “whole number of persons in each State,” which Missouri lawyers said in their lawsuit makes for a “tainted apportionment base.” President Donald Trump in 2020 issued a presidential memorandum that directed the Commerce Department to exclude “illegal aliens from the apportionment base.” The memo was immediately met with lawsuits and blocked by a three-judge panel. The Supreme Court did not rule on the matter before President Joe Biden took office, and Biden revoked Trump’s memo. HOUSE OVERSIGHT PROBE PUTS MINNESOTA ELECTIONS UNDER SCRUTINY OVER NONCITIZEN VOTING CONCERNS The lawsuit also comes days after the U.S. Census released its 2024 population estimates, showing gains in red states and losses in blue states.  A GOP-founded research group called the American Redistricting Project compiled maps based on recent Census data that showed red states would gain more seats in 2030 if only U.S. citizens were included in the population count. White House deputy chief of staff James Blair raised alarm on social media this week about the group’s maps, highlighting how they showed that red states would significantly benefit if the population count included only U.S. citizens. “Translation: not counting illegals in the census for purposes of apportionment (E.g., doing it the Constitutional way) moves a net 22 House Seats & Electoral Votes from Blue States to Red States,” Blair wrote. Missouri’s lawsuit alleged that the estimated millions of immigrants living in the country illegally are concentrated in blue states, making their populations appear bigger in the U.S. Census and allowing the states to gain more representation in Congress. Democrats have widely rejected excluding illegal immigrants from the population counts. Missouri lawyers also suggested that blue states are incentivized to implement policies that benefit illegal immigrants because the immigrants’ presence bolsters their population numbers and therefore the number of representatives they can have in Congress. “Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the fact they gain political power due to the presence of more illegal aliens, States like California and New York now intentionally undermine federal authority by defending the interests of illegal aliens,” the Missouri attorneys write. In a statement, Hanaway said Missouri voters “can no longer ignore the ongoing denial of their right to self-government and fair representation.” “The framers of the Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment never intended an absurd system where 15 million illegal trespassers can hijack representation in the federal government and commandeer the path to the White House,” Hanaway said.  Fox News Digital reached out to the Department of Commerce for comment.

House conservatives threaten extended shutdown over election integrity measure

House conservatives threaten extended shutdown over election integrity measure

House conservatives are mounting a push that could extend the looming partial government shutdown if the Senate does not accept a key election integrity measure backed by many on the right. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital on Thursday evening that she and a “handful” of House Republicans are pushing to get the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act added to the spending compromise that’s expected to pass the Senate and be sent to the House on Friday. The legislation, which was introduced by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and passed the House in April 2025, would require proof of citizenship in the voter registration process. “I know for a fact that if the SAVE Act is a standalone vote in the Senate, just like every other good piece of legislation, it’s going to die,” Luna told Fox News Digital. SENATE REPUBLICANS TEE UP KEY SHUTDOWN TEST VOTE AS DEMOCRATS DIG IN ON DHS FUNDING She declined to say how many House GOP lawmakers supported her effort but said, “It’s definitely a number that’s big enough to completely halt all floor proceedings.” “There’s some Republicans that are just straight-up coming out saying, ‘We’re going to basically be with Luna, and we will not be voting for any piece of legislation, specifically on these appropriations, that does not include the SAVE Act because of the fact that we know it’s not going to survive in the Senate,’” Luna said. Rep. William Timmons, R-S.C., who is also backing the effort, told Fox News Digital, “If the Democrats can play this game and shut the government down yet again, I think that we need to hold their feet to the fire.” HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS DRAWS LINE ON DHS, ICE FUNDING AS MINNEAPOLIS UNREST FUELS SHUTDOWN RISK “The American people want us to do our job. Government shutdowns are terrible, and so if [Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.] is going to shut the government down, I think it’s appropriate to…say this is your shutdown, and here’s the way to reopen,” Timmons said. The push could cause complications in the House, which is expected to consider the Senate’s federal funding compromise early next week. Senate Democrats walked away from a bipartisan deal to fully fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2026 amid fallout over President Donald Trump’s surge of federal law enforcement in Minneapolis. TENSIONS BOIL IN HOUSE OVER EMERGING SENATE DEAL TO AVERT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN Federal officers shot and killed two U.S. citizens in the Midwest city during separate demonstrations against Trump’s immigration crackdown. In response, Democrats threatened to hold up a massive federal funding bill that also includes dollars for the departments of War, Labor, Health and Human Services, Transportation and others unless funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was stripped out. The deal reached would fund all but DHS through Sept. 30, while funding DHS with a two-week extension of current spending levels to give Congress time to hash out a compromise that would include stricter guardrails on immigration enforcement agencies under the department’s purview. With some conservatives already complaining about the deal, it’s likely that Democratic support will be needed to pass the legislation back in the House. It’s not clear if attaching the SAVE Act to that package will alienate Democrats, however. On the other side, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will need nearly all Republicans to move in lockstep for the package to survive a procedural hurdle called a “rule vote.” It’s a House-wide test vote of sorts that allows for debate and final consideration of a measure, but normally falls along party lines. Luna would only need a small group of Republicans to tank the rule, which could extend the partial shutdown that’s already expected to happen beginning Feb. 1. House GOP leaders could sidestep the rule vote altogether, however, by putting the bill up under suspension — a mechanism for fast-tracking legislation in exchange for raising the threshold for passage from a simple majority to two-thirds. “I don’t think that they would do that. I mean, that would be really problematic for them,” Luna said. But if successful, the bill would have to be sent back to the Senate for another vote.

Who was V Srinivasan? Know about ‘Udan Paree’s husband?

Who was V Srinivasan? Know about ‘Udan Paree’s husband?

V. Srinivasan, husband of Olympian and IOA President P.T. Usha, passed away suddenly at his Kerala home on Friday. A former kabaddi player and CISF officer, he was a steadfast support to Usha throughout her athletic and public life. Condolences poured in from leaders and sports personalities.