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Census Proposal Would Stop Counting Undocumented Immigrants—…
Census Proposal Would Stop Counting Undocumented Immigrants—and Ignore Race and Sexual Orientation
Summary
Proposal to exclude undocumented immigrants and eliminate racial/sexual orientation data from census represents state-directed demographic erasure and information suppression that obscures vulnerable populations from policy oversight and accountability.
A draft rule reviewed by WIRED would prevent the census from counting undocumented immigrants. To protect against “distortions,” it would also bar questions about race and sexual orientation.
census manipulation
demographic erasure
information control
state power
vulnerable populations
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