Two senators want to return a citizenship question to the 2010 census. On Oct. 7 Republican Senators Bob Bennett, Utah, and David Vitter, La., introduced an amendment to stop funding the 2010 census unless it includes a question of citizenship status.

“If the current census plan goes ahead, the inclusion of non-citizens toward apportionment will artificially increase the population count in certain states, and that will likely result in the loss of congressional seats for nine other states, including Louisiana,” said Vitter in an Oct. 16 press release.