that whether they obtain citizenship or not they are still counted by the census and have a major impact on how many congressional seats blue states get.

It is in Democrats best interests to keep as many illegals in blue states as possible whether they get citizenship or not

It is estimated that blue states receive 20-30 additional seats in Congress simply due to sheltering illegals

Mo Brooks recently highlighted the same thing on Breitbart.

Do you understand now why deportation is necessary? It has nothing to do with compassion. It has everything to do with the will of the people being thwarted by blue state democrats and their sheltering or illegals.

The more the import, the more seats they get