The ruling makes it harder for the federal government to get a citizenship question on the 2020 census. But advocates say that the possibility of the question sowed so much fear within immigrant communities that the damage may have already been done.
The ruling makes it harder for the federal government to get a citizenship question on the 2020 census. But advocates say that the possibility of the question sowed so much fear within immigrant communities that the damage may have already been done.
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Global Politics
What's at stake when you tell the US Census you're Middle Eastern or North African?
The World
October 26, 2016
Would collecting census data about Americans of Middle Eastern and North African descent lead to more discrimination or more services?
Immigration
Supreme Court ruling leaves citizenship question for the 2020 census in doubt
The World
June 27, 2019
The ruling makes it harder for the federal government to get a citizenship question on the 2020 census. But advocates say that the possibility of the question sowed so much fear within immigrant communities that the damage may have already been done.