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Q: Do illegal-aliens count as ‘persons’ under the 14th amendment’s apportionment of representatives?

ByP.A. Madison March 24, 2006October 24, 2011

This is an interesting recurring question I get every once in a while and, unfortunately, been too occupied to answer. There has been talk to change “persons” under section 2 of the 14th amendment to read “citizens.” Michigan Republican Rep. Candice Miller introduced a constitutional amendment last year that would change the 14th amendment to allow only “citizens” to be counted instead of “persons.” The section in question reads as follows: Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their…