President Trump has ordered that a question on citizenship be added to the 2020 Census. This drew an immediate response from California, New York and other 17 states, as well as a number of cities, which are suing the federal government in an attempt to remove the question, which they deem unconstitutional and a violation of the Administrative Procedure Act. Civil rights leaders also denounced the decision as a political maneuver aimed at instilling fear in Latinos, immigrants and other groups and discouraging them from filling out the census form. Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials, NALEO, discusses this with Samuel Orozco.
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