Why the 2020 census shouldn't ask about your citizenship status
- Written by Jennifer Van Hook, Liberal Arts Research Professor of Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University
A naturalization ceremony, in December 2015.AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File“Is this person a citizen of the United States?”
In December 2017, the Department of Justice formally proposed adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. This question would ostensibly help to enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
However, census experts, over 10...
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