WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House oversight panel threatened Friday to subpoena testimony and documents related to the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, the panel's Democratic chairman, said officials at the Commerce Department withheld key documents about the decision despite repeated follow-up requests.
Ross said the decision to add the citizenship question came in response to a request from the Justice Department, which said the data gained would help it enforce the 1965 Voting Rights Act.Critics of the decision say the question would deter immigrants and their families from participating and say an undercount of Latinos and immigrants would jeopardize federal funding and congressional representation in states with a substantial number of both groups.
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