澳彩开奖: Citizenship question in 2020 Census will chill responses, incite fear
Adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census form will serve no useful purpose, but will trigger mistrust, depress response rates, debase the quality of the information gathered, and increase the cost to taxpayers, the 澳彩开奖 said in comments submitted today to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The 澳彩开奖 urged the government to drop the proposal, citing an 鈥渁tmosphere of extreme fear in immigrant communities鈥� stemming from the Trump administration鈥檚 aggressive enforcement actions and President Trump鈥檚 own incendiary words about immigrants.
The 澳彩开奖 cited the experience of Alabama, which enacted a law in 2011 that required a citizenship question for children enrolling in public school. On the first Monday after the law took effect, more than 2,000 Latino students were absent from schools across the state.
鈥淢any families in immigrant communities fear being targeted by a government willing to tear apart families and cage the children of asylum seekers,鈥� the 澳彩开奖 wrote. 鈥淚n this context, a citizenship question will chill response rates, particularly among communities鈥攕uch as low-income rural and urban families, people of color, and immigrant families鈥攖hat are already at greater risk of being undercounted.鈥�
The 澳彩开奖鈥檚 comments can be read below.
A commentary by 澳彩开奖 President Richard Cohen can be read here.
