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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.
SSRC President Alondra Nelson issues statement on the proposed inclusion of
citizenship question in 2020 US
census.
Looking ahead: The Trump administration's decision to include a
citizenship question on the 2020
census could hurt states with large immigrant populations — including Florida.
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that a
question on
citizenship status will be reinstated to the 2020 decennial
census questionnaire to help enforce the...
Federal funding and congressional representation are at stake in the dispute over the Trump administration's move to reinstate the
citizenship question to the 2020
census.
Seventeen states, the District of Columbia and six cities sued the U.S. government Tuesday, saying the addition of a
citizenship question to the
census form is unconstitutional.
Those suits seek to block a reinstated
citizenship question on the U.S.
census and a proposed rule that would allow business to refuse aspects of healthcare based on religious beliefs, respectively.
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross» decision to add a controversial
question on
citizenship to the 2020
census came in the face of opposition from career officials at the
Census Bureau who fear it will depress response rates, especially from immigrants.
Meng remarked that a
citizenship question, which has not appeared on a
census since 1950, was unlawful, as the Constitution specifies requires that every living person be counted.
Healey signed onto a lawsuit led by Schneiderman last month challenging the administration's decision to add a
citizenship question to the federal
census.
«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.
In a related matter, Ross's memo asserts that a
question on
citizenship has long been a fixture of the decennial
census and that he is simply «reinstating» it.
The DOJ letter implies that placing a
citizenship question on the 2020
census would simply correct a one - time blip in the agency's tracking of the issue.
The problem lies not simply with Ross's controversial, eleventh - hour decision last month to add a
citizenship question to the decennial
census, although civil rights groups, local and state governments, and business leaders believe the
question will depress participation and jeopardize an accurate head count in 2020.
It asks many of the same
questions as the
census long - form surveys from 1970 to 2000, including the
citizenship question.
The state of California has already sued to block the addition of a
citizenship question to the 2020
census, and New York's state attorney general has announced plans for a multistate lawsuit.
«The Department of Commerce is not able to determine definitively how inclusion of a
citizenship question on the decennial
census will impact responsiveness.
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.
Completing and returning decennial
census questionnaires is required by Federal law, those responses are protected by law, and inclusion of a
citizenship question on the 2020 decennial
census will provide more complete information for those who respond,» Ross wrote.
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.