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Homeland Security will share citizenship data with Census

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The whether it will be allowed The order to collect citizen-
Department of Homeland to release information on ship data through federal
Security is agreeing to share asylum and refugee ap- and state administrative
citizenship information with plicants, which typically is records currently is being
the U.S. Census Bureau as prohibited from being dis- challenged by civil rights
part of President Donald closed. groups in federal court
Trump's order to collect The Homeland Security in Maryland. Their lawsuit
data on who is a citizen fol- document acknowledges claims that the citizenship-
lowing the Supreme Court's risks that the Census Bureau data gathering is motivat-
rejection of a citizenship will assign an inaccurate ed by "a racially discrimina-
question on the 2020 Cen- immigration status to some- tory scheme" to reduce the
sus form. one, that people won't be political power of Latinos
Trump's order is being chal- able to correct mistakes and increase the represen-
lenged in federal court, about themselves and that tation of non-Latino whites.
but meanwhile the De- Homeland Security infor- As part of the order, the U.S.
partment of Homeland Se- mation will be linked inac- Census Bureau has asked In this April 23, 2019 file photo, immigration activists rally out-
side the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments over the
curity two weeks ago an- curately to data from other state drivers' license bu- Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020
nounced the agreement in sources used by the Census reaus for records, but so far census, in Washington.
a report. It said the agency Bureau. only Nebraska has agreed Associated Press
would share administrative "Linking records between to cooperate.
records to help the Census datasets is not likely to be Gathering the citizenship population, Trump said in permissible will be resolved
Bureau determine the num- 100% accurate," the Home- data would give the states the order. Opponents fear when a state actually pro-
ber of citizens and non-cit- land Security document the option to design state that would make legislative poses a districting plan
izens in the U.S., as well as notes. and legislative districts us- districts more Republican- based on the voter-eligible
the number of immigrants Trump ordered the Census ing voter-age citizen num- leaning and less diverse. population," Trump's order
who are in the U.S. illegally. Bureau to collect citizen- bers instead of the total "Whether that approach is said.q
Information to be shared ship information through
includes personally-identi- administrative records from
fiable data, the Homeland federal agencies and the
Security documentsays. 50 states after the Supreme
Federal law prohibits the Court ruled against his ad-
Census Bureau from releas- ministration last summer by
ing personally identifiable deciding that a citizenship
data, and the bureau says question wouldn't be al-
in its fact-sheet on privacy, lowed on this spring's 2020
"Your answers can only be Census questionnaire.
used to produce statistics The administration had said
— they cannot be used the question was being
against you in any way." added to aid in enforce-
The Census Bureau has ment of the Voting Rights
promised the data will be Act, which protects minority
kept for no more than two voters' access to the ballot
years, and will then be de- box. But Chief Justice John
stroyed, according to the Roberts joined the court's
agreement. The data will four more liberal members
be used to help the Census in saying the administra-
Bureau create a model es- tion's current justification
timating the likelihood that for the question "seems to
each person in the U.S. is a have been contrived."
citizen, non-citizen or an Opponents of the citizen-
immigrant in the country ship question had argued it
without legal permission. would scare off immigrants,
Among the information Hispanics and others from
Homeland Security will pro- participating in the once-
vide is a person's alien iden- a-decade head count. The
tification number, country 2020 Census will help deter-
of birth and date of natu- mine how many congres-
ralization or naturalization sional seats each state gets
application. The depart- as well as the distribution of
ment is awaiting word on $1.5 trillion in federal funds.