Posted on 07/02/2018 1:08:23 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Fifty-six House Democrats on Monday signed a letter demanding Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross address what they call “glaring contradictions” in his rationale for adding a controversial citizenship question to the census.
Ross originally said he added the question, which will ask census-takers to list their citizenship, at the request of the Justice Department. But Ross filed a memo last month revealing the question’s inclusion was his idea, according to a Washington Post report.
The letter by House Democrats, led by Reps. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Judy Chu (D-Calif.), demands that Ross explain why he originally told Congress the Justice Department “initiated the request” during congressional testimony when his comments in the recent memo suggest that is untrue.
“We remain deeply concerned that a citizenship question will lead to an inaccurate count and have detrimental consequences for our country,” the letter states. “With so much at stake, we must be able to obtain truthful information from the Commerce Department about how this decision was made.”
The letter asks Ross to answer four questions about who proposed the citizenship question and when they did so.
Because the census determines federal funding and congressional redistricting, several advocacy organizations have stated undercounting noncitizens could result in discrimination of these populations.
A group of 21 immigrant rights advocacy organizations in May filed a lawsuit challenging the citizenship question to the 2020 census.
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I don't like that, but it's written the way it's written ... not the way I would like it to be written.
Because Non-Citizens should NOT count for the purposes of allocating electoral votes and creating congressional districts?
Here’s hopin’...
The number of unconstitutional acts committed by the Obama Administration is rivaled only by the number of stars in the sky.
How dare the Democrats label all immigrants liars.
Can we also add questions for non-citizens as to their legal status and whether they need any assistance with voluntary self-deportation?
If illegal immigrants had not been counted in the 2000 census, California would only have 47 Representatives instead of 53; Florida would have 24 instead of 25; New York would have 28 instead of 29 and Texas would have 31 instead of 32.
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Wisconsin would each GAIN one House Seat!
That, my FRiends, is why illegal immigrants should not be counted in the census!
Illegal immigrants distort congressional representation and federal programs!
They will still be counted, but not as citizens.
We really do need to know how many non-citizens are here.
I've about had it with this liberal rag.
30+ million... :/
Note the term specified “...exluding Indians not taxed”. I believe “Indians” were not to be counted because they are citzens of their own sovereign nations, and (at that time) not U.S. Citizens. Our beloved illegals are citzens of their countries of origin, and believe me they do NOT pay taxes, liberal tantrums notwithstanding.
How about adding a 3rd options called, ‘I’m not answering this question.’
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