I understand there will be an effort to amend the Commerce. Justice. State. and judiciary appropriations bill to provide that no funds be used to count illegal aliens in the 1990 census. Evidently. before the amendment can be debated or voted on. there will be a motion to rise and report the bill to the House. All Members should be aware that that will be the key vote on this amendment. which will play an important role in determining how congressional seats will be allocated after the 1990 census. The issue is clear: It is wrong to apportion congressional seats by counting people who would be deported if our immigration laws were enforced. To do so violates the basic right of equal representation. Moreover. there are strong grounds for believing it is constitutional to exclude Illegal aliens from the census for purposes of reapportionment. Therefore. I urge all of my colleagues to vote against the motion to rise and report so that we may consider this vital issue.
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