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President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, @civilrightsorg. Former head of USDOJ Civil Rights Division. Views my own.

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    Vanita Gupta‏Verified account @vanitaguptaCR 22 Mar 2018

    We need to talk about the addition of a citizenship question to the #2020Census. Here's a question for @SecretaryRoss: Will you protect the integrity & accuracy of the census, or will you yield to political pressure and pollute the credibility and fairness of the census? 1/

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      2. Vanita Gupta‏Verified account @vanitaguptaCR 22 Mar 2018

        We know how others in the Trump administration and Trump Campaign would answer this question. In their letter to @CommerceGov, Trump Justice Department officials claimed that this citizenship question is necessary to enforce the Voting Rights Act. 2/

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      3. Vanita Gupta‏Verified account @vanitaguptaCR 22 Mar 2018

        As someone who had the specific responsibility of enforcing the Voting Rights Act, I find this argument incredible for two reasons. 3/

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      4. Vanita Gupta‏Verified account @vanitaguptaCR 22 Mar 2018

        One, this administration has been downright hostile to Voting Rights Act protections specifically, and civil rights overall. So it’s laughable to think they suddenly found religion on protecting voting rights now. 4/

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      5. Vanita Gupta‏Verified account @vanitaguptaCR 22 Mar 2018

        But more importantly, their argument is factually incorrect, morally bankrupt, and legally wrong. The Justice Department does not need this question to enforce civil rights protections or the Voting Rights Act. 5/

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      6. Vanita Gupta‏Verified account @vanitaguptaCR 22 Mar 2018

        Since enactment of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the census has not included a question on citizenship on the form sent to all households – which means that this data has never been necessary to enforce our civil and voting rights laws. 6/

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      7. Vanita Gupta‏Verified account @vanitaguptaCR 22 Mar 2018

        Estimates of the citizen voting-age population derived from the ongoing American Community Survey, and the census “long” form before that, have been more than sufficient for civil rights and Voting Rights Act enforcement. 7/

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      8. Vanita Gupta‏Verified account @vanitaguptaCR 22 Mar 2018

        Beyond legal objections, this unnecessary question will cause panic and alarm. It's unnecessarily intrusive and will raise concerns in all households not only about the confidentiality of information provided to the government – but also how government authorities may use it. 8/

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      9. Vanita Gupta‏Verified account @vanitaguptaCR 22 Mar 2018

        To be clear, asking every household and every person in the country about their citizenship status in the current political environment will contribute to the climate of fear – particularly when there's no legal basis to do so. 9/

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      10. Vanita Gupta‏Verified account @vanitaguptaCR 22 Mar 2018

        This could cause hundreds of thousands of people in our communities to avoid the #2020Census out of a real concern of being targeted by this president. 10/

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      11. Vanita Gupta‏Verified account @vanitaguptaCR 22 Mar 2018

        In fact, new @uscensusbureau research already is ringing alarm bells about the growing reluctance of immigrant households to participate in any Census Bureau surveys – all due to the “climate of fear” created by the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric. 11/

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      12. Vanita Gupta‏Verified account @vanitaguptaCR 22 Mar 2018

        The civil rights community doesn’t want that. Our nation doesn’t want that. And we don’t believe that @SecretaryRoss wants that. But again, he’s facing a simple question: will he or won’t he protect the integrity and credibility of our census? 12/

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      13. Vanita Gupta‏Verified account @vanitaguptaCR 22 Mar 2018

        We hope that the Trump administration won’t take this step. But the civil and human rights community will respond should they do. 13/13

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