Die Amerikaner haben Anspruch auf eine faire und genaue Volkszählung, bei der alle Menschen innerhalb unseres Landes erfasst werden, unabhängig von ihrer Staatsbürgerschaft. Die Aufnahme der Staatsbürgerschaftsfrage gefährdet dieses Verfassungserfordernis und politisiert den Prozess.

The Trump Administration’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, policies, and actions pose a real threat our nation’s democracy for the next decade. The addition of the question on citizenship to the 2020 Census form is apparently the latest way the Trump administration attempts to intimidate and threaten communities of color and the immigrant community.

This is an attempt to racially rig the census and undercount communities of color, and goes against the fair representation our democracy relies on. An accurate Census is essential in the redrawing of our congressional and legislative districts and budgeting decisions that impact our schools, hospitals, roads, and veterans. By adding the citizenship question, the Trump administration is threatening the accuracy of data we use as nation to make essential decisions about our children’s future.

NOTE: Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn and Vincent Barabba, the former director of the Census Bureau under Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter, recently wrote an op-ed in U.S. News & World Report on why adding the citizenship question to the 2020 Census is bad idea. klicken Sie hier to read that op-ed.