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Veronica Escobar: “Does the Constitution say that only citizens should be counted in the Census? No.”

On the recordJuly 27, 2020
Does the Constitution say that only citizens should be counted in the Census? No.
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Veronica Escobar
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Escobar asserts that the Constitution does not limit Census counting to citizens.

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