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Immigration Hard-Liner Files Reveal 40-Year Bid Behind Trump's Census Obsession

Weeks before the 1980 census officially began, the Federation for American Immigration Reform launched its campaign to exclude unauthorized immigrants from population counts that, according to the Constitution, must include the "whole number of persons in each state." (The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Weeks before the 1980 census officially began, the Federation for American Immigration Reform launched its campaign to exclude unauthorized immigrants from population counts that, according to the Constitution, must include the "whole number of persons in each state." (The Denver Post via Getty Images)

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