
Census Bureau Director Robert Groves announces results for the 2010 U.S. Census at the National Press Club Tuesday Dec. 21 2010 in Washington
The statement said that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross "has determined that reinstatement of a citizenship question on the 2020 decennial census questionnaire is necessary to provide complete and accurate census block level data".
The decision was made following a request by the Justice Department, which suggested that the question be reinstated for the 2020 US Census in an attempt to better enforce the Voting Rights Act (VRA).
Ross, it said, "determined that obtaining complete and accurate information to meet this legitimate government objective outweighed the limited potential adverse impacts".
The data is collected to help the federal government calculate the distribution of funding and draw up district maps to be used at state and local elections.
"On December 12, 2017, DOJ requested that the Census Bureau reinstate a citizenship question on the decennial census to provide census block level citizenship voting age population (CVAP) data that is not now available from government surveys", officials said.
Late Monday night, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and California Secretary of State Alex Padilla sent out a release announcing a press conference on Tuesday afternoon where they are expected to announce a lawsuit against the decision.
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He ordered stricter immigration enforcement and banned travelers from several Muslim-majority countries soon after taking office in January 2017.
"Adding a citizenship question may deter participation from immigrant households, that are largely in poor neighborhoods, thus stripping these communities of the scant funds they receive", said Ben Monterroso, executive director of Mi Familia Vota, which works to register Latino voters.
"This decision comes at a time when we have seen xenophobic and anti-immigrant policy positions from this administration", said Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
One person, Meyers said, told government interviewers: "The possibility that the Census could give my information to internal security and immigration could come and arrest me for not having documents terrifies me".
Questions on citizenship have appeared in the past, but on the more frequent population surveys the census bureau carries out. "Today, surveys of sample populations, such as the Current Population Survey and the ACS, continue to ask a question on citizenship".
Almost 20 Democratic state attorneys general wrote Ross a letter last month warning him against including the citizenship question. But he said he concluded that the "value of more complete and accurate data derived from surveying the entire population outweighs such concerns".
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