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Chairwoman Maloney Announces Hearing on President Trump’s Unconstitutional Effort to Ban Undocumented Immigrants from Census Count

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“Yesterday, President Trump issued a memorandum directing the Department of Commerce to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2020 Census apportionment calculations for the House of Representatives,” Chairwoman Maloney wrote in the invitation letters.

“This action directly violates the Constitution and the laws passed by Congress, and it appears to be a blatant attempt to politicize the 2020 Census, depress participation, and undermine its accuracy.

Because the Administration is taking this step in the middle of the ongoing Census, the Committee on Oversight and Reform requests that you appear for an emergency hearing on Wednesday, July 29, 2020.”

***Those here Illegally do not deserve representation***

President Trump’s directive contradicts numerous previous statements from Administration officials that they were never seeking to exclude immigrants from the Census—or from congressional apportionment.  For example:

Last year, Secretary Ross testified under oath before the Committee that the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census had nothing to do with counting undocumented immigrants for apportionment purposes.

He stated, “the Department of Commerce is fully committed to administering as complete and accurate decennial census as we can.  We intend to try to count every person taking all necessary actions to do so.”
 
***They will still be COUNTED, just not represented by Congress***

At the same hearing, Secretary Ross stated:  “The constitutional mandate, sir, for the census is to try to count every person residing in the U.S. at their place of residence on the dates when the census is conducted.”
 
***Again, they are COUNTING everybody.***

At a Committee hearing earlier this year, the Census Bureau Director Dillingham was asked whether the Census would count someone “here just illegally.”  He responded, “Congressman, we count everyone, wherever they are living.”
 
***Not a lie, they will be COUNTED.***

In court proceedings, the Department of Justice asserted that the Administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question was not meant to exclude noncitizens from the 2020 Census.

Brett Shumate, a lawyer with the Justice Department, argued that because the questionnaire goes to every single household, and because responding to the Census is required by law, the government was not seeking to exclude anyone.

***COUNT EVERYONE!***

The hybrid hearing has been scheduled for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, and a livestream will be available on the Committee website.

***The goal is to get an accurate count of those residing in America. At the same time we can cross-check those who are legally here so that only they receive representation in the US Government.

Those here Illegally can be represented by Orgs who advocate for them, but deserve NO DIRECT REPRESENTATION in the Gov't itself.

If they DO have representation, those members in the Govt won't be representing the Americans of their districts, but the interests of foreigners.***