National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund

What’s at risk for America’s ethnic communities with the 2020 Census? 

The biggest threat to a complete count in the 2020 Census, civil rights advocates agree, is public distrust of the government, fueled by the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policies, and the just announced decision by Commerce Dept. Secretary Wilbur Ross to include a question on citizenship status — a question that hasn’t been included since 1950.