In the census of the U.S. population in 2020 will be to clarify citizenship

New York, California and some other States on Tuesday, 27 March, has said it will not allow you to specify when the census in 2020, the question of citizenship.

According to Reuters, Bureau of U.S. census (United States Census Bureau) argued the inclusion of this issue is the fact that accurate information about the nationality of the inhabitants of the country will help to protect the rights of national minorities.

Opponents of the initiative believe that it will have an opposite effect. According to them, many immigrants from Latin America and other countries simply will not participate in the census for fear of deportation.

The question of nationality in the census of the U.S. population conducted every 10 years, has not been since 1950.

The attorney General of new York Eric Schneiderman announced that it will join legal action to block this controversial decision. Yesterday, March 27, the state of California had filed a lawsuit in Federal court against the U.S. Census Bureau.

The census is carried out not only in order to know the population of the country. Its results are distributed, for example, Federal funds among local communities.

«If you include a question about citizenship, this will reduce the number of people who agreed to participate in the census,» warns law Professor at Hofstra University ‘s James Sample. According to him, the administration of Donald trumpis likely to win the lawsuit, but get the above issues: inaccurate calculation will result in an uneven distribution of Federal funding.

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