United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today released the following statement after the vote on his amendment barring illegal immigrants from being counted on the census:

“Today I forced Chuck Schumer to hold a vote on whether illegal aliens should be counted for determining the number of congressional seats and electoral votes each state gets. Democrats’ unanimous opposition to this commonsense measure confirms that they’re using illegal aliens and sanctuary cities to increase their political power. With this vote, Senate Democrats chose to trample on the rights of each American’s voice. I will continue to fight and press this issue in the Senate.”

🚨 These vulnerable Democrats just voted to allow illegal immigrants to be counted in the electoral college and the apportionment of House seats.

Vote. Them. Out. @JonTester@SherrodBrown@Bob_Casey @RosenforNevada @TammyBaldwin@MartinHeinrich https://t.co/QUf3rkvnjy

— Senate Republicans (@NRSC) March 9, 2024