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Two Census Bureau Memos Dealing with Citizenship on the 2020 Census

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Two Census Bureau Memos Dealing with Citizenship on the 2020 Census
 
By Steven A. Camarota on June 23, 2018

Recently CNN and other news outlets reported on two memos prepared by the Census Bureau for Commence Secretary Wilbur Ross dealing with the possible inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census. Apparently the memos, and a great deal of related information, were leaked to the media in anticipation of a House hearing on the matter.

The first, much longer memo is dated January 18, 2018, and the second is dated March 1. Both are from John Abowd, chief scientist and associate director for research and methodology at the Census Bureau. Presumably he and perhaps several of his employees wrote the documents. It is clear that the memos' author(s) really do not like the idea of adding a citizenship question to the Census. (In the discussion below I will use the page numbers on the lower right of the combined 1,332-page document)

https://www.cis.org/Camarota/Two-Census-Bureau-Memos-Dealing-Citizenship-2020-Census

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