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.
FILE - The briefcase of a census taker is seen as she knocks on the door of a residence, Aug. 11, 2020, in Winter Park, Fla. Republican lawmakers are pushing measures that would require a citizenship question on the once-a-decade census and exclude people who arent citizens from the head count which determines political power in the U.S. Some Republicans in Congress are pushing to
In March, senators rejected similar Republican-sponsored language in an appropriations bill. That push was seen as an effort to bolster the Republican agenda on immigration before the November elections, with Donald Trump as the party's presumptive nominee against Democratic President Joe Biden. During a House Rules Ccommittee hearing Monday, Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Utah, said including noncitizens in the nation's head count “skews representation away from American citizens” and is tied to Biden's"border crisis” because it helps places with large numbers of people who aren’t citizens.According to critics,
Knowing how many people who aren’t citizens in the U.S. is “the best way to obtain accurate information,” Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., said at the hearing.
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