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Fact check: What does the U.S. Constitution say about including illegal aliens in the census?
Checked on August 9, 2025
1. Summary of the results
The U.S. Constitution is unambiguous regarding the inclusion of all persons in the census, regardless of citizenship or immigration status. Article I, Section 2 and the 14th Amendment specifically require counting the "whole number of persons in each state" (p1_s1, p1_s2, p1_s3, p2_s1, p3
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