To answer the title question, House Republicans are certainly giving it a try, though the prospects for success appear to be thin at best. The House GOP voted last night to add a citizenship question to the 2030 census form. If successful, this would be done with the intent of not counting noncitizens in each state’s total population when those figures are used to determine and apportion seats in the House as well as the distribution of federal funding. It’s a worthy goal, but it faces a number of significant, uphill challenges. This is not the first time the GOP has attempted to do this. Donald Trump was pushing a nearly identical proposal when he was in the White House. But last night’s vote moved the idea closer to being a reality than it has gotten in the past. (Associated Press)
Some Republicans in Congress are pushing to require a citizenship question on the questionnaire for…
