citizenship

Lawmakers Call For End To Citizenship Policy Unfair To Kids Of Same-Sex Couples

The State Department's “discriminatory misinterpretation of U.S. law” harms American families, 19 senators wrote.
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Census Citizenship Question Was Meant To Aid Whites And GOP, New Documents Suggest

A Republican consultant believed adding the question would help the GOP during redistricting. He helped get it on the 2020 census, new evidence shows.
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Supreme Court To Decide If Trump Can Add Citizenship Question To Census

Advocates warn that the question will reduce responses to the decennial survey, with serious consequences for the nation.
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Japanese-Americans, Muslims Oppose Census Citizenship Question

Survivors and activists filed an amicus brief challenging the controversial question.
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House Democrats Authorize Subpoena For Material On Census Citizenship Question

House Democrats want more information on why Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was so interested in adding a citizenship question to the 2020 survey.
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Trump Says The Census Is Pointless Without A Citizenship Question. That's A Lie.

The data gathered in the decennial census has a wide variety of essential uses that have nothing to do with citizenship.
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Wilbur Ross Says He Didn't Lie To Congress, But Won't Say More About Census Citizenship Question

The commerce secretary faced scrutiny over the process he used to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Two judges have already said it's illegal.
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Second Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Adding Census Citizenship Question

The Supreme Court is already set to weigh in on the question.
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Most Americans Can't Pass A Citizenship Test On Basic History Questions

A survey found that in only one state could more than 50 percent pass the exam.
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Supreme Court Will Hear Case Challenging Citizenship Question In 2020 Census

A federal judge in New York blocked the Trump administration from adding the question earlier this year.
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