Census Citizenship Question Triggers Legal and Political Fallout

Read this Migration Information Source piece by Muzaffar Chishti and Jessica Bolter entitled “Census Citizenship Question Triggers Legal and Political Fallout.”

Legal and political controversy surrounds the Trump administration’s decision to include a question on citizenship status in the 2020 decennial census, the first such inclusion since the 1950 census. This article examines the administration’s conflicting statements about the genesis of the plan, concerns that the decision could affect the accuracy of the census, and legal challenges pending in a number of states.

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