Vance says California has ‘way more’ House seats than it should because of illegal immigrants

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Vice President JD Vance touched on the Republican Party’s redistricting efforts on Sunday, saying the GOP should aggressively redraw congressional maps because California has “way more” House seats due to the state’s counting of illegal immigrants for apportioning representatives.

“Even though illegal aliens theoretically are not supposed to vote — we know they sometimes do — you still count illegal aliens for congressional apportionment,” Vance told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures. “California has way more House seats than it should because they have such a high population of illegal aliens.”

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