Sep 30, 2019
In communities of color, many people, undocumented immigrants, in particular, fear participation in Census 2020. They had heard that a citizenship question was on the census and then heard it would not be included. How can they be sure of what it true? And if they do fill out the census, will their personal data be safe? Which federal agencies have access to their information and how can it be used? These very legitimate concerns are answered by leaders in the movement for a fair and just census. Terry Ao Minnis, AAJC, and Samer Khalaf, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, explain how census data is used and protected by the Census Bureau. And they provide a window into the real-life experiences that make these fears resonate across communities.