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Nita Lowey: this Administration's decision to include the citizenship question is, frankly, highly offensive and, as multiple…

On the recordMarch 26, 2019
this Administration's decision to include the citizenship question is, frankly, highly offensive and, as multiple Federal courts have held, unconstitutional.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Criticism of the citizenship question on the census as unconstitutional and harmful to communities.

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