I decided to start publishing some of my responses to President Trump's Surveys that his Headquarters is frequently...

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I decided to start publishing some of my responses to President Trump's Surveys that his Headquarters is frequently sending me for my opinion.

Today, 3-19-18, I responded to this question that was emailed to me yesterday by Trump's Headquarters

QUESTION:

Do you believe the 2020 United States Census should ask if people are American citizens?

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MY RESPONSE

I did a bit of research on this so called "simple" subject matter. I have read a plethora of articles in favor of and against including the Citizenship question into the Census of 2020, in much the same manner as it was back in 1950.

My research led me to the conclusion that the Census should not include the Citizenship question in it.

Although I do understand the basis upon which President Trump has rested his decision to include the Citizenship question into the Census of 2020, I note that there are more factors weighing against it than for it,

Based on the fact that the Census response rate and its resultant data as well as funding for vital services would be adversely affected by the inclusion of the Citizenship question in the Census of 2020, perhaps the Citizenship related information, that is sought for the invoked purposes, could be obtained by modifying a bit the Citizenship question in the American Community Survey (ACS), through which the Census Bureau already asks people if they are citizens or not and which every year goes out to about 3 million households and extrapolates information about the U.S. population.

The DOJ deemed its data insufficient but a modification of the Citizenship question in the ACS Survey could yield the desired information.

In my humble opinion, President Trump should have opted for modifying the ACS Survey as opposed to modifying the Census Questions.

References

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/why-we-need-to-count-citizens-in-the-2020-census
Why we need to count citizens in the 2020 census

http://thefederalist.com/2018/02/01/democrats-really-dont-want-reinstate-citizenship-question-u-s-census/
Why Democrats Really Don’t Want To Reinstate The Citizenship Question On The U.S. Census

http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/367225-citizenship-is-crucial-for-a-fair-updated-2020-census
Citizenship question is crucial for a fair, updated 2020 Census

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-justice-department-pushes-for-citizenship-question-on-census-alarming-experts
Trump Justice Department Pushes for Citizenship Question on Census, Alarming Experts

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/16/upcoming-2020-census-sparks-fears-of-citizenship-question/
Upcoming 2020 Census sparks fears of citizenship question

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/02/former-census-director-citizenship-question-is-a-tremendous-risk/554372/
Ex-Census Director: Citizenship Question Is 'a Tremendous Risk'

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/05/groups-raise-concerns-move-ask-citizenship-census/301977002/
Groups raise concerns about move to ask about citizenship on the Census

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/the-controversial-question-doj-wants-to-add-to-the-us-census/550088/
The Controversial Question DOJ Wants to Add to the U.S. Census

https://theconversation.com/why-the-2020-census-shouldnt-ask-about-your-citizenship-status-91036
Why the 2020 census shouldn’t ask about your citizenship status

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/upshot/census-citizenship-hispanics-immigrants-mistrust.html
Why Asking About Citizenship Could Make the Census Less Accurate

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/op-ed/articles/2018-01-30/dont-ask-about-citizenship-on-the-2020-census
Ensure Everyone Is Counted - Adding a citizenship question to the census will exacerbate privacy concerns and drive down participation.

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/furor-greets-request-add-citizenship-question-2020-us-census
Furor greets request to add citizenship question to 2020 U.S. census

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/potential-citizenship-question-in-2020-census-could-shift-power-to-rural-america/2018/01/23/c4e6d2c6-f57c-11e7-beb6-c8d48830c54d_story.html?utm_term=.a8e97434af92
Potential citizenship question in 2020 Census could shift power to rural America

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/2020-census-citizenship_us_5a4cfde7e4b0b0e5a7aa3edd
The DOJ Wants A Citizenship Question On The Census. That Could Blow Up The Whole Survey

http://www.boulderweekly.com/opinion/a-question-of-citizenship/
A question of citizenship


http://www.boulderweekly.com/opinion/a-question-of-citizenship/