Mr. Chairman. I also wanted to address the points raised by the gentleman from Illinois to the effect that this is all a tempest in a teapot because. in fact. none of the illegal aliens are being counted. Mr. Chairman. I cannot agree with that supposition because all of us know that the Census Bureau made a herculean effort to make sure that aliens both legal and illegal were counted. There were foreign language broadcasts in areas where it could be suspected there were a great many illegal aliens. I think it is spurious to assume that none of these illegal aliens are being included in this census count. I think that the opposite is true. that there is going to be a tremendous inequity here because a great number of them will be counted. Mr. Chairman. the simple fact is. if the Census Bureau completes the census process according to present plans. illegal aliens can and probably will significantly affect the reapportionment of congressional seats. We are talking here about an issue that is going to affect this body for the next 10 years. It is not one that we can just shove under the rug and say: We will take care of it by a constitutional amendment. or something like that.
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