In March of 2018, the Trump administration announced the addition of a citizenship question to United States Census. Last week the Supreme Court put a hold on their plans, sending the case back to a lower court and telling the government to focus their argument. The administration acquiesced, saying the question would not be included. Then the president sent out a tweet.

The history of the Census, its use and misuse, and the controversy over if and why a citizenship question should be included; this week on Context, Please.

Sources and Visualizations of Data are available at this episode's webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/context-please/episodes/the-census-and-citizenship

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