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Republicans renew a bid to remove noncitizens from the census tally behind voting maps

GOP Rep. Hal Rogers of Kentucky, left, poses during a ceremonial swearing-in with House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, at the U.S. Capitol in January. On Monday, Rogers led Republican members of the House Appropriations Committee in releasing one of the latest bills in Congress that call for excluding millions of people living in the states without U.S. citizenship from a set of census counts that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state." (AP)
GOP Rep. Hal Rogers of Kentucky, left, poses during a ceremonial swearing-in with House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, at the U.S. Capitol in January. On Monday, Rogers led Republican members of the House Appropriations Committee in releasing one of the latest bills in Congress that call for excluding millions of people living in the states without U.S. citizenship from a set of census counts that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state." (AP)

This article was originally published on July 15, 2025.

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