Ocasio-Cortez and House Democrats roast Wilbur Ross over census citizenship question by alexnazaryan
WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was roasted before a House of Representatives committee Wednesday in a hearing that lasted more than six hours. It was not a roast of the comedic variety, however, with Ross repeatedly scorched by Democrats as he struggled to explain why he sought the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census.
Referring again to the legal proceedings from the Southern District, Ocasio-Cortez showed that Ross had, in fact, discussed Kobach’s proposal for a citizenship question in September 2017.Ocasio-Cortez also argued that Ross had not met the congressional reporting requirements mandated by law, because the new citizenship question was materially different from the one that last appeared on the census, in 1950.
Critics believe that the addition of the question — which asks the respondent if he or she is an American citizen — will serve only to depress response rates in immigrant communities because of fears of deportation. That could result in an undercount, of Latino immigrants in particular.
Ross tried to portray his decision on the inclusion of the citizenship question as the result of a “detailed review” absent of political consideration. “I have not approached this as a partisan matter,” he said as he was being gently questioned by Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., one of President Trump’s most reliable supporters in the House.
The questioning seemed to flummox Ross on more than one occasion, suggesting that he is no longer the “killer” once celebrated by Trump.
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