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Administration had attacked immigrants, you can understand why immigrant families would be afraid to fill out the census questionnaire. >> undercounting the population could result in california losing one of its seats in congress along with losing a lot of federal dollars. meantime, california is getting resistance from within. today the orange county board of supervisors, all republicans, voted to join the federal lawsuit against the state sanctuary laws. adding big time affirmation to other conservative parts of california fed up with protecting illegal immigrants. because sanctuary laws pr...

The attorney general of california, xavier becerra, c says he will sue the trump administration over this change. becerra claims that asking people whether or not they are citizens is somehow unconstitutional. c watch. >> given the way that this administration has attacked immigrants, you can understand why immigrant families would be afraid to fill out the census questionnaire. in our lawsuit, we argue that this decision by the trump administration violates the constitution and federal law. >> tucker: well, ari burman of "mother jones" magazine is even madder than xavier becerra. burman appar...

Is about the trump administration trying to punish illegal immigrants. >> given the way that this administration had attacked immigrants. you can understand why immigrant families would be afraid to fill out the census questionnaire. adding a question on citizenship threatens to derail the integrity of the entire process. this latest move by the trump administration to threaten california is not just a bad idea. it's against the law. >> okay. that's a novel take on that. white house officials meantime insist this is not novel. in fact, they noted that it's been done for years. for that matter,...

Afraid to fill out the census questionnaire. this latest move by the trump administration to threaten california is not just a bad idea. it's against the law. >> jesse: population counts for the census. everything from federal funding to how many house seats are allocated to each state. critics fear the change will result in a substantial undercount. here was the white house on the move today. >> this is a question that's been included in every census since 1965 with the exception of 2010. when it was removed. we have contained this question as provided data that's necessary for the department...

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