Mr. President. as both the Senator from New York and the Senator from Arkansas have pointed out. in the apportionment provisions of the Constitution of the United States it uses the word "persons." In the 14th amendment. section 1. it talks about "citizens." "Persons" in the apportionment clause. "citizens" in other provisions of the 14th amendment. The Carter administrations Justice Department and President Reagans Justice Department recognized that the Constitution bars excluding illegal aliens from the apportionment base. They understood the census procedures which have been followed for 190 years. Those procedures started 3 years after the ratification of the Constitution. and there has been no reference of any Founding Father who took a contrary view. none.
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