The White House said it “strongly opposes” Congressional efforts to add a citizenship question to the census to prevent non-citizens from being counted in Congressional appropriations, calling it costly and “unable to obtain accurate data.” “It will become more difficult,” he warned.
The Equal Representation Act, introduced in both the House and Senate, would require every 10 years’ census to include a citizenship question asking whether a respondent is a citizen, non-citizen resident, or illegal immigrant. The House was scheduled to vote on the bill later Wednesday.
The bill would require non-citizens not to be counted in the census allocation of congressional districts. Currently, everyone who participates in the census is subject to redistricting, including noncitizens and illegal immigrants.
Senate bill adds citizenship question to census and stops non-citizens from being counted for redistricting purposes
The White House photographed from Lafayette Park in Washington on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/John Elswick)
The bill would apply to the 2030 census, with Democrats benefiting from a historic immigration crisis at the southern border that has seen a surge of migrants in and across the country, including blue cities and states like Chicago. It was issued amid concerns from Republicans that the , New York and California.
But the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said in a statement this week that it “strongly opposes” any legislation that would prevent the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau from carrying out its constitutionally mandated responsibility to count the population. United States in Decennial Census. ”
”[The bill] “It increases the cost of conducting a census and makes accurate data more difficult to obtain,” the statement said, “and violates the 14th Amendment, which provides for the ‘apportionment’ of seats in the House of Representatives.” “I will.” Count the whole number of people in each province among the several provinces, according to their respective numbers…”
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A census taker’s briefcase knocks on the door of a home in Winter Park, Florida, on August 11, 2020. (AP Photo/John Rau, File)
Republicans, who introduced the bill in both chambers, argued that it would instead prevent illegal immigration from diluting the American vote.
Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) said in January that “it is unconscionable that illegal immigrants and non-citizens should be counted in the apportionment of congressional districts and electoral maps.” “As people continue to flee Democratic-run cities, desperate Democrats are backfilling the exodus with illegal immigrants to ensure they don’t lose their congressional seats or presidential electoral votes, resulting in , artificially increasing their political power and, in turn, attempting to increase their own political power,” weakening the voting power of other Americans. ”
“Encouraging illegal immigration and abusing our democracy to skew the number of seats in Congress and the number of presidential electors is immoral and a sure path to our destruction. Americans can vote. “Only American citizens should be counted in determining seats in the federal government,” said Rep. Chuck Edwards, RN.C., who introduced the bill in the House.
The bill was introduced by Republicans in response to concerns that the historic border crisis, which touched more than 2.4 million migrants in fiscal year 2024 alone, could affect the election. This represents one of the many measures taken.
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On Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson led a press conference to introduce the bill proposed by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). did. The bill would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. in federal elections.
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