Census Bureau Struggled To Recruit Policy Wonks To Support Citizenship Question, Emails Reveal

on June 22, 2018 in National Harbor, Maryland. — NATIONAL HARBOR, MD - JUNE 22: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross speaks at the SelectUSA 2018 Investment Summit June 22, 2018 in National Harbor, Maryland. The investment summit encourages direct foreign invest... NATIONAL HARBOR, MD - JUNE 22: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross speaks at the SelectUSA 2018 Investment Summit June 22, 2018 in National Harbor, Maryland. The investment summit encourages direct foreign investment in companies across the United States. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) MORE LESS

July 25, 2018 11:59 a.m.

The Census Bureau struggled to find policy wonks willing to go on record in support of the Trump administration's addition of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, with even the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute telling the bureau that it...

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