Trump administration to add citizenship question to 2020 census
Article publisher:
Washington Post
Article date:
27 March 2018
Article category:
National News
Medium
Article Body:
The Trump administration announced late Monday that it will ask a question about citizenship on the 2020 census, moving to restore a critical but controversial piece of data from the decennial count.
Immigrant-rights [illegal alien "rights"] groups had vehemently opposed the move, arguing it would rub some people the wrong way and scare them from participating, and would thus skew the count that is critical to doling out hundreds of billions of dollars in government aid and to fundamental democratic functions such as divvying up congressional seats....
Commerce Department Secretary Wilbur Ross made the final decision to add the question.
He said it was part of the full census up through 1950, and even as late as 2000 was part of the Census “long form” that was sent to one in six families. In 2020, though, it will be part of the form that goes out to all families....
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2020 Census: Counting Citizens Likely to Shift Power from Illegal Alien-Flooded Coasts to Middle America, Breitbart, March 30, 2018.
Here’s the Real Reason Dems Oppose Census Change - Immigration think tank director says blue-state liberals fear loss of power if decennial count of American population only covers citizens, legal residents, by Brendan Kirby, Lifezette, March 27, 2018.
Rasmussen Poll: Americans Support Citizenship on Census, Limits To Growth, March 31, 2018.