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The 2020 census may have undercounted a huge swath of U.S. residents

The Census Bureau says a large share of non-U.S. citizens may have been missed in the 2020 tally of the country’s residents. That tally affects the distribution of political power and federal funds.

Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes gets the latest from NPR’s Hansi Lo Wang.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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