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Arrington Fights to Ensure Illegal Immigrants Aren’t Counted in U.S. Census

Washington, May 8, 2024
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement after House passage of H.R. 7109, the Equal Representation Act, legislation to require a citizenship question on the U.S. census and prohibit non-citizens from counting toward the reapportionment of Congressional representation:

“The census is a critical tool in determining everything from Congressional representation to allocating federal tax dollars to the states. Rewarding open border policies by counting non-citizens in the census isn’t just a bureaucratic inconvenience, it undermines the accurate representation of Americans and dilutes their vote. I was proud to support legislation to make sure that American citizens – and American citizens only – are represented by their federal government.”  

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