US Bishops oppose excluding undocumented immigrants from census vaticannews.va

The Bishops of the United States have renewed their opposition to Donald Trump’s plan not to include undocumented immigrants in the decennial population counts that will determine the allocation of seats in the House of Representatives. On July 21 the President presented a Memorandum instructing the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to exclude irregular immigrants from the state-population totals that are produced by the 2020 Census and used for apportioning seats in the House of Representatives – the lower chamber of Congress – as well determining the number of votes in the Electoral College. The State of New York and a coalition of 21 states and local governments have brought the issue to the Supreme Court, arguing that the exclusion of undocumented immigrants is unconstitutional…

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