Sentences with phrase «census question about citizenship»

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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced last week that the 2020 census will include a question about citizenship.

Questions about citizenship may lead to a sense that even the census - taker — whose job is simply to get an accurate count of those resident within the United States — is helping the federal government with deportation.

Listen to Slate's show about the census citizenship question, Trump's (lack of) legal representation, and gerrymandering.

«They can issue a temporary restraining order or an injunction to enjoin or stop the U.S. government from including the question about citizenship on the census,» she said.

Connecticut immigration activists say that a decision by the federal government to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 U.S. census is anti-immigrant and intended to cause fear among undocumented people.

Last December, the Department of Justice (DOJ) upset the usual orderly process of nailing down the final version of the census questionnaire by asking the agency to consider adding a question about citizenship.

After a controversial decision by the Department of Commerce to add a question about U.S. citizenship to the 2020 census, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended the move as nothing out of the ordinary.

But if the 2020 census form does ultimately ask about citizenship status, it will be the first time the question will be asked of all U.S. households since 1950.

March 27, 2018 • White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said a question about U.S. citizenship was included in every census from 1965 to 2000.

Listenwise takes a look at the 2020 US census and how the questions about citizenship might affect the return rate.

Students explore the controversy over the Trump administration's proposal to add a question about citizenship to the census — and learn about the history and purpose of the U.S.