Census

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Only in the US is it controversial for the census to ask about citizenship

Hans von Spakovsky · March 28, 2018 8:14 pm

"We are doing the very best we can." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House defends census citizenship question: We want data ‘that we can use for specific things’

Melissa Quinn · March 28, 2018 6:49 pm

Rubio charged that by cutting funding for democracy programs in Cuba, the State Department has conceded. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Marco Rubio: Outrage over citizenship question on 2020 census is ‘latest absurd freakout’

Katelyn Caralle · March 28, 2018 2:12 pm

The nation's Hispanic population grew by 2.2 percent to 56.6 million, and New Mexico had the largest percentage of Latinos in the country at 48 percent, according to new information from the U.S. Census Bureau. Data also showed New Mexico has one of the highest percentages of minorities in the country.

Multistate coalition expected to challenge citizenship question on Census

Melissa Quinn · March 27, 2018 8:26 pm

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the ranking member on the House Benghazi Committee, speaks to reporters before the start of the committee's closed-door hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. The House committee is looking into the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya and is interviewing former CIA director David Petraeus as the investigation enters its third calendar year, and a presidential election year. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats demand hearing on census citizenship question

Susan Ferrechio · March 27, 2018 7:39 pm

In a Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 file photo, from left; Racial Statistics Branch Chief of the U.S. Census Bureau Nicholas Jones presents a graph of Native American population during. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House defends addition of citizenship question to 2020 census

Gabby Morrongiello · March 27, 2018 7:19 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters about the massive government spending bill moving through Congress. The bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending bill left Congress in stalemate over shielding young Dreamer immigrants from deportation and curbing surging health insurance premiums.

Democrats erupt over census citizenship question

Susan Ferrechio · March 27, 2018 4:09 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., pointed to the fact that several Americans and Russian nationals and entities have been indicted by special counsel Robert Muellerâs Russia probe.

Nancy Pelosi: Adding citizenship question to census violates the Constitution

Katelyn Caralle · March 27, 2018 3:03 pm

Trump Administration Reinstates Citizenship Question for 2020 Census

Haley Byrd · March 27, 2018 1:58 pm

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra criticized U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recent announcement calling for a renewed crack down on criminals as "crazy' and "stupid" while speaking at the Sacramento Press Club, Monday, May 15, 2017,in Sacramento, Calif.

California AG sues Trump administration over census citizenship question

Caitlin Yilek · March 27, 2018 12:34 pm

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross pauses to listen to a reporter's question during a news conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, June 6, with Mexico Secretary of the Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal about Mexico sugar exports.

Commerce Department: Census will include citizenship question for first time since 1960

Diana Stancy Correll · March 27, 2018 2:12 am

Opioid crisis, illegal immigration set to sabotage 2020 Census

Paul Bedard · March 23, 2018 12:50 pm