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Angus King: “We write to urge that you rescind your proposed rule that would exclude certain non-citizens from decennial census…”

On the recordNovember 10, 2026
We write to urge that you rescind your proposed rule that would exclude certain non-citizens from decennial census counts and omit questions about race and ethnicity from the decennial census.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine
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Senator King urges rescinding proposed census rule.

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