It's been almost 70 years since the U.S. Government asked about a person's citizenship status when conducting the census, and now the Trump White House wants to start again.
And experts —
including former directors of the census — have spoken out saying that adding a question about citizenship would result in inaccurate results and reduced response rates.
Trump may say the goal is to track people who may be in the country without documentation or look for alleged "voter fraud" -- but it's clear that it's will be added to simply intimidate those of a different ethnicity. The goal of the Census is to
accurately represent the demographics of the people living in the US —
it should never be used a tool to intimidate and threaten our friends, families, and neighbors.
Protect all people's privacy and demand the Trump administration remove the citizenship question from the census forms.