Constitution Says Census Counts Every Person; Republicans Push to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants
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The Fourteenth Amendment mandates that the census count the “whole number of persons.” By proposing to exclude undocumented immigrants, Republican officials weaponize census rules to diminish representation for immigrant-rich areas, amplifying fear of outsiders to gain partisan advantage.
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Trump Administration Proposes Excluding Illegal Immigrants From Census Count https://t.co/MtA5MQzez7
Under Trump, census eyes sweeping plan to omit immigrants, race data. The Trump administration is proposing a dramatic overhaul of the once-a-decade U.S. Census head