According to the Census Bureau's own research, including a citizenship question
in the decennial survey leads to lower response rates among households that contain noncitizens. Such households may fear that the federal government would use the census
data to conduct immigration enforcement.
Brookings Podcast Network--
Senior Fellow Alan Berube discusses the question of whether or not it is constitutional to add a citizenship question to the U.S. census, a case that now sits with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Berube explains the contents of the case and the importance of having an accurate census.
