The Census Bureau would have to start over with a new form. and the Bureau considers it highly unlikely that the census could be performed on time. Finally. Mr. Speaker. the Constitution clearly states that the census shall be of the whole number of persons In the United States. Debates during the Constitutional Convention of 1789 as well those within Congress regarding the 14th amendment to the Constitution made it crystal clear that the distinction between citizens and noncitizens and between legal and illegal aliens was understood and considered. There Is no question that this same distinction was deliberately left out of the Constitution. Mr.
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