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Commerce Department: Census will include citizenship question for first time since 1960

By Diana Stancy Correll
Published March 27, 2018 2:12am ET
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Commerce Department: Census will include citizenship question for first time since 1960
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross pauses to listen to a reporter's question during a news conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, June 6, with Mexico Secretary of the Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal about Mexico sugar exports. | (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The 2020 census questionnaire will feature a question regarding citizenship status in an attempt to better enforce the Voting Rights Act, the Department of Commerce revealed Monday night.

According to the agency, the citizenship question will be included per a request from the Justice Department in December.

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