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How the citizenship question could affect the 2020 census

Kenneth Pruitt discusses the impact of the rule change with Judy Woodruff.

03/27/2018

PBS News Hour

How the citizenship question could affect the 2020 census

Clip: 3/27/2018 | 6m 57sVideo has Closed Captions

Kenneth Pruitt discusses the impact of the rule change with Judy Woodruff.

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Monday it plans to add back a question on citizenship status to the 2020 census -- a change requested by the Justice Department. Now the state of California is suing the Trump administration, calling the move unconstitutional. The former director of the U.S. Census Bureau Kenneth Pruitt discusses the impact of the rule change with Judy Woodruff.

03/27/2018

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