There's currently a debate going on regarding adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Jerry Connolly blasted the White House over the motive behind the question. There seems to be an anti-immigration motive out of the White House. The President says it is the right of the nation to ask the question. There's evidence that the question was being added for political reasons, and that they're trying to cover it up. Hard drives of a dead Republican showed that it could politically benefit Republicans and non-Hispanic White people. This is about protecting the voting rights of minorities.
The Administration is protecting the documents regarding the origins of the citizenship question with Executive Privilege. It was initiated by the Justice Department. Urban Institute has done a study that found it could result in 4 million people being under-counted, and that could be a conservative estimate. The Census is equal to money and power in the United States. $880 Billion a year is distributed based on Census calculations. Immigrants and communities of color could lose out on funding for the next 10 years.
There's an argument that there's always been a citizenship question. In 1820, it was on the census. It's been on and off since then. It was last included in 1950 on all census forms. This is the first time it will have been used to ask every person in the U.S. whether they are a citizen, though. What do you think? Should a citizenship question be added to the U.S. Census, or is it a way for the Administration to take money away from minorities?
