Red states will suffer if that question is asked—but Republican state attorneys general haven’t even murmured a protest.
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Can This Census Be Saved?
The fight over whether the census should ask about citizenship won’t be settled before the midterms, giving Democrats a shot at forcing the administration to reverse course.
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If the Census Asks, “Are You a Citizen?”
Immigrants won’t answer, and blue states—California especially—will lose representation.
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An Insidious Way to Underrepresent Minorities
Cuts in U.S. Census funding threaten to produce an undercount of minorities and the poor and to reduce their share of federal aid.