California Is Complaining About This New Immigration Tactic
Earlier this week, President Trump proposed a new question to add in the 2020 census form.
The question is sparking controversy as it involves questioning one's citizenship.
Now, the blue-dominated state of California is whining over this new tactic–and is going
so far as to sue.
The Trump administration vowed to include the question of whether someone was a citizen
or not on the 2020 census.
California rebutted with their decision to sue the administration.
The Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, announced the suit against the government, claiming
the question was "unlawful."
Attorney General Becerra tweeted the decision:
Fox News reported:
The Commerce Department said in a statement that the citizenship question would be added
in response to a request by the Justice Department made in December.
The statement said that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross "has determined that reinstatement
of a citizenship question on the 2020 decennial census questionnaire is necessary to provide
complete and accurate census block level data."
Democrats have criticized the administration's announcement, saying the inclusion of such
a question amounts to an effort to intimidate immigrant communities and siphon money and
electoral power away from them.
In a San Francisco Chronicle opinion piece published Monday, Becerra and California Secretary
of State Alex Padilla wrote that the inclusion of a citizenship question would be "illegal"
and "an extraordinary attempt by the Trump administration to hijack the 2020 census for
political purposes."
"California, with its large immigrant communities, would be disproportionately harmed by depressed
participation in the 2020 census," they wrote.
"An undercount would threaten at least one of California's seats in the House of Representatives
(and, by extension, an elector in the electoral college.)"
It is likely the disapproval of the question stems from California's lost sanctuary city
policies.
Since the decennial census is required by Constitution to determine federal spending,
California's loss of funding would be devastating to the massive state.
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