The 2020 census questionnaire will feature a question regarding citizenship status in an attempt to better enforce the Voting Rights Act, the Department of Commerce revealed Monday night.
According to the agency, the citizenship question will be included per a request from the Justice Department in December.
“Having citizenship data at the census block level will permit more effective enforcement of the VRA, and Secretary [Wilbur] Ross determined that obtaining complete and accurate information to meet this legitimate government purpose outweighed the limited potential adverse impacts,” the Department of Commerce said in a statement Monday.
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