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> a consequence of the census department not asking citizenship questions The purpose of the US Census has never been to determine citizenship. It's also funda
by crooked-v 6y ago
> a consequence of the census department not asking citizenship questions
The purpose of the US Census has never been to determine citizenship. It's also fundamentally useless for that purpose, as not only is it entirely self-reported data, but it also cannot legally be accessed by other parts of the government until 72 years after that census is taken.
- minerjoe 6y ago"Legally" But the power stucture doesn't seem to care very much about law. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/04/03/secret-use-of-census-info-helped-send-japanese-americans-to-internment-camps-in-wwii/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/04/03...
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoIt has to be accessible to the people drawing gerrymandered districts. Exfiltrating that is childs play.
- hnlurker 6y agoWrong. See 14A, S2. Gender and citizenship are both constitutionally required data points for census.