Sentences with phrase «question about citizenship»

The proposed question about citizenship, finally, is liable to exacerbate an existing inequality in the administration of justice.

The Trump administration has decided to reinstate a US Census question about citizenship to «help enforce» the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The annual Phi Delta Kappan / Gallup poll on schooling has not asked questions about citizenship since 2000.

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.

It is not clear, at this point, that a question about citizenship will actually end up being a part of the 2020 census.

Looking ahead: I remain hopeful that the Justice Department will reverse its decision to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 census.

Concerns about confidentiality and immigration status were discovered months before the Department of Justice asked to add a question about citizenship.

At least 12 states signaled an intent to sue to block the Trump administration from adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 census, arguing that the change would cause fewer Americans to be counted and violate the Constitution.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a statement on Tuesday slamming a decision to include a question about citizenship status on the 2020 U.S. 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.

Critics of a request to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census fear it will reduce response rates, harming accuracy and increasing the need for expensive face - to - face follow - up.

Even as advocates praise the generosity Congress showed the Census Bureau in the final 2018 spending bill it passed last week, they worry that a decision made yesterday by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to add a question about citizenship to the upcoming decennial head count could undermine its accuracy.

Starting in 1970, questions about citizenship were included in the long - form questionnaire but not the short form.

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.