In U-turn, feds defend including undocumented in House count

This combination of photos shows people riding bicycles in New York’s Times Square, left, on April 29, 2020, and in Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, Ala.(AP Photo)

The federal government says the state of Alabama has no standing in trying to stop the U.S. Census Bureau from including people in the country illegally from the numbers used for divvying up congressional seats. The position of President Joe Biden’s administration is a reversal of that of the Trump administration, which tried to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from the apportionment count. Biden administration attorneys filed court papers Wednesday asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Alabama and Republican U.S. Rep. Morris “Mo” Brooks. The lawsuit seeks to exclude people in the country illegally from the apportionment figures.

All contents © copyright 2021 Associated Press. All rights reserved