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.
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