The House approved legislation Wednesday to add a question on citizenship into the decennial census and to change the way seats in the House are doled out, slicing noncitizens out of the count.
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 29, 2021. The congressional committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has requested for three more House Republicans to come …
The bill cleared on a 206-202 party-line vote. The legislation stands little chance of advancing in the Democratic-led Senate, much less getting signed by President Biden. “The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to ensuring that the census remains as accurate as possible and free from political interference, and to upholding the longstanding principle of equal representation enshrined in our Constitution, census statutes, and historical tradition,” the White House said in an official statement of policy.
Experts say there is significant political power resting on the issue and if illegal immigrants, or more broadly all noncitizens, were excluded it would shift seats from some immigrant-heavy states to other ones.
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