Civil rights groups and Democratic lawmakers are concerned about a push by some House Republicans to include a citizenship question on the once-a-decade census
Some Republicans in Congress are pushing to require a citizenship question on the questionnaire for the once-a-decade census and exclude people who aren’t citizens from the count that helps determines political power in the United States. The GOP-led House on Wednesday was expected to vote on the Equal Representation Act which would eliminate noncitizens from the tally gathered during a census and used to decide how many House seats and Electoral College votes each state gets.
resident through administrative records and sought to exclude people who were in the U.S. illegally from the count used for apportioning congressional seats. Biden, in one of his first acts as president in January 2021, signed two orders revoking those Trump directives. During a House Rules Ccommittee hearing Monday, Rep.
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