To Weaken Minority Voting Power, Republicans Push For Unprecedented Mid-Decade Census

[RandySF]

Unsatisfied with norm-busting mid-decade partisan gerrymanders, House Republicans are now laying down the intellectual groundwork for an unlawful mid-decade census.

At a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government hearing Wednesday, Republicans claimed counting noncitizens and statistical errors in the 2020 Census justified a recount to give the GOP more seats in Congress, even though federal law prohibits a mid-decade census being used for apportionment.

“These errors are impossible to correct without an entirely new census,” said Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.), the subcommittee chairman.

“The 2020 Census should be called the sanctuary census,” Roy said. “Just like sanctuary jurisdictions, the 2020 Census unconstitutionally put illegal aliens ahead of American citizens.”



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