Citizenship Data: Democratic-Leaning Communities and Citizenship Question

citizenship data: She also didn't provide context in asserting that a greater level of citizenship data is needed to comply with the Voting Rights Act, according to The Chronicle Herald. The decision to include the question in the 2020 census has stirred worry among opponents that it will intimidate immigrants, leading to an undercount and decreased political representation in Democratic-leaning communities where they tend to live. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders was flat-out wrong in claiming the citizenship question had been regularly included in the Census Bureau's decennial survey to all U.S. households in recent decades. Meantime, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who announced his department's move to change the 2020 census, appeared to skew the science behind his decision when he asserted that the impact of asking about citizenship had been well-tested. Press briefing Tuesday. Here's a look at some of the statements SANDERS, on the Trump administration's decision to ask people about their citizenship in the 2020 census This is a question that's been included in every census since 1965 with the exception of 2010, when it was removed. ... And again, this is something that has been part of the census for decades and something that the Department of Commerce felt strongly needed to be included again. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.