White House ‘strongly opposes’ GOP push to stop non-citizens being counted on census

The White House says it "strongly opposes" a congressional effort to put a citizenship question on the census to prevent non-citizens being counted for congressional apportionment -- warning that it would be costly and "make it more difficult to obtain accurate data."

The Equal Representation Act has been introduced in the House and Senate and would require a citizenship question to be put on the decennial census asking whether the respondent is a citizen, a resident non-citizen or an illegal immigrant.