The Complicated History Of The U.S. Census Asking About Citizenship

By Hansi Lo Wang
Published May 17, 2018 at 2:28 PM MDT
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Lawmakers are set to question the Justice Department Friday about why it requested the 2020 census to ask about citizenship. The history of using the U.S. census to ask about citizenship has many twists and turns.

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Hansi Lo Wang
Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) is a national correspondent for NPR reporting on the people, power and money behind the U.S. census.
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