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On the recordMarch 13, 2019
So what we don't have is the required report to Congress. And while there's all of this debate about whether a citizenship question should be included or not included, the question I have is why are we violating the law to include any question whatsoever in the 2020 Census?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez questions the legality of including a citizenship question in the Census.

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