Wilbur Ross Defends Citizenship Question on 2020 Census
Wilbur Ross listens during a House Oversight Committee hearing in Washington on March 14.
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U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross defended his decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census as Democrats in Congress criticized the move as political effort aimed at discouraging the participation of immigrants and non-citizens.
“Obtaining complete and accurate information for use in determining citizen age voting populations to enforce the Voting Rights Act is a legitimate government purpose,’’ Ross said in his prepared remarks to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform in Washington.