03-30-2018, 02:29 PM
(03-30-2018, 02:12 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I'm not seeing how you make that argument. The point of a census is to get information on the people who reside where you are conducting the census. Citizenship status (yes/no) is just another piece of information and is no more personal than asking how many children live in the home. Does it ask if you're in the country legally or just if the person is a citizen?
It will only ask the citizen question. Immigrants already don't respond to the census for fear of persecution based on their status, by adding the citizenship question it will reduce the response rate of both legal and illegal residents. The point of the census, constitutionally, is not for information on those people in the area. It is only for a headcount.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
