More on Republican Platform and Census

As Kevin Johnson noted earlier, the GOP platform has many anti-immigrant provisions. An Associated Press article by Jim Abrams discusses one plank related to the census:

The 2008 Republican platform, in language that is hostile to illegal immigrants, says the makeup of Congress should be determined by counting only those legally residing in the United States in the next census.

“The integrity of the 2010 census, proportioning congressional representation among the states, must be preserved,” says the platform language, which is a reinterpretation of the Constitution that could affect how congressional seats are apportioned. “The census,” it says, “should count every person legally abiding in the United States in an actual enumeration.” Click here for the full story.

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