“California has six extra” congressional representatives “because illegals are counted” in the census.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 23 Jul 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Experts say that California has 2-4 more seats in the U.S. House than it would if immigrants who are in the country illegally were excluded from census counts. The Constitution mandates that all residents be counted.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 July 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 August 2020, 14 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.fo/6QEAD
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