There is a clear asymmetry in the Trump administration’s mass-deportation efforts. As I’ve noted before, rounding up immigrants takes an enormous amount of manpower. Red states are more than happy to lend local law enforcement to the cause.

But blue states and cities? Not so much.

That divide may carry political ramifications. Currently, Texas and Florida are on pace to gain a total of five House seats and Electoral College votes in the 2030 reapportionment, while New York and California are projected to lose a combined four. However, under the Constitution’s 14th Amendment, all residents of a state are counted in the census—citizens, legal residents, and undocumented immigrants alike—which is what reapportionment is based on.

If red states are more willing to deport members of their po

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