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Jimmy Gomez: “If we are--if we extend the deadline to count everybody and then the Republicans and this president are trying to back…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2020
If we are--if we extend the deadline to count everybody and then the Republicans and this president are trying to back out undocumented immigrants, I don't understand why they wouldn't extend the deadline unless they don't want U.S. citizens who are in minority communities or in urban areas not to be counted as well.
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Jimmy Gomez
Democratic · California

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Gomez questions the motives behind not extending the Census deadline amidst immigration debates.

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