Speech #1010057793

I know that the arguments that will be made. We will hear people say. "Oh. but the Constitution does not talk about just citizens." There was not such a thing as any talk about citizens when the Constitution was written. They will say that the Constitution does not say anything about undocumented aliens. Of course. there was not such a thing as undocumented aliens then. It is a different time now. a different time in our history. but let us keep in mind that those forefathers made very clear who was going to vote. and they controlled everything but who was going to vote. which has also changed for the better. So all of us. of course. want to do what we can to help with nutrition programs and with whatever programs there may be that are needed for these people. But certainly we should not be giving representation. more representation. to undocumented aliens than we give to those who are citizens of the United States. So I hope we will defeat the motion to rise. and I hope we will then move forward with this piece of legislation. which merely says that they should not go out of their way to try to find these people. so that if there are four people in a household at the time the census taker is there. and two are living in that household. two are not. and the two who are not may be undocumented aliens. they certainly should not go out of their way at that time to attempt to count them.