Omitting Immigrants, Racial Data: A Recipe for Disaster in the Census The Trump administration's latest census overhaul proposal is a perfect storm of misinformation and exclusionary ideology that threatens the fabric of democracy.
By attempting to omit immigrants based on status and key racial and ethnic data, the administration undermines the accuracy of the count while perpetuating the notion that certain communities don't matter.
This proposal echoes Trump's previous attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2030 census, which was widely panned by experts as an effort to intimidate immigrant communities.