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White House defends census citizenship question: We want data ‘that we can use for specific things’

By Melissa Quinn
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White House defends census citizenship question: We want data ‘that we can use for specific things’

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders defended the Trump administration’s decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census and said the aim is to “have data” the administration can use “for specific things.”

Sanders was asked Wednesday whether the White House had considered enforcing a federal statute imposing a fine on people who fail to answer questions on the Census truthfully.

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