Chairman. there has been a great deal of discussion in the courts. in this Chamber. and in the media recently concerning the use of the 1980 Census Bureau data for the purpose of congressional reapportionment. There is ample evidence that the current census is not accurate. Apart from the serious problem of undercounting our actual population. my other deep concern with the census is that the data potentially includes 15 million illegal aliens who do not pay taxes and flaunt the law of the land. In fact. the McDade amendment does not even use the term "alien." It merely prohibits the President from using the funds in this appropriations bill for calculating the number of Representatives to which each State is entitled. without discriminating between legal and illegal aliensand that is not right. As a matter of principle. I do not believe that those who are in our country illegally deserve the same voice in Congress as natural citizens or legal aliens.
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Generalizing that illegal aliens do not pay taxes and flaunt the law.