Speaker. this week House and Senate conferees will begin negotiations on the Commerce. State. Justice appropriations bill that will determine whether illegal aliens are to be counted in the 1990 census for the purpose of reapportioning the House. This Member commends to these conferees and my other colleagues the following particularly insightful editorial that appeared in the October 6. 1989. edition of the Omaha WorldHerald. The editorialist argues that Illegal aliens have no constitutional right to congressional representation. Furthermore. the editorial merits close examination for its clear statement that in counting illegal aliens for purposes of the census we are penalizing those imimigrants who are playing by the rules in enering the United States legally. This essay brings into sharper focus the issues surrounding this controversy.
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