Citizenship Archives

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Census Bureau Economists Provide More Evidence Against the Citizenship Question

In a new working paper, five Census Bureau economists find that adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census would only reduce accuracy and increase costs.

Dwyer Gunn

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen casts his vote during the general elections as his wife Bun Rany looks on in Phnom Penh on July 29th, 2018.

Social Justice

How the Cambodian Government Is Trying to Chill the Push for Fair Elections

Prime minister Hun Sen wants it both ways: He wants to claim a democratic mantle but doesn't want to deal with the pesky competition that comes with a genuine election.

Oren Samet

New United States citizen Mosammat Rasheda Akter, originally Bangladesh, holds her seven-month-old daughter Fahmida as she sings the U.S. National Anthem during naturalization ceremony at the New York Public Library on July 3rd, 2018, in New York City. Two hundred immigrants from 50 countries became citizens during the ceremony.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: New United States Citizens Recite the National Anthem

New United States citizen Mosammat Rasheda Akter, originally Bangladesh, holds her seven-month-old daughter Fahmida as she sings the U.S. National Anthem during naturalization ceremony at the New York Public Library on July 3rd, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

Brenda Brisbon wears the 'Stars and Stripes' after the Confederate 'Stars and Bars' was lowered from the flagpole in front of the statehouse on July 10th, 2015, in Columbia, South Carolina.

News in Brief

Celebrating July 4th in 2018

For Independence Day, we highlight some of our favorite stories of what it means to be American.

Rebecca Worby

People carry flags as they arrive to receive U.S. citizenship at a naturalization ceremony in Los Angeles, California, on February 15th, 2017.

Social Justice

A New Immigration Office Will Crack Down on ‘Citizenship Cheaters’

The federal agency that processes immigration applications is planning to open a Los Angeles-based office to identify Americans accused of "cheating" their way to citizenship.

Kate Wheeling

Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States walk to the U.S.-Mexico border at El Chaparral port of entry on November 12th, 2017, in Tijuana, northwestern Mexico.

Social Justice

Is the Trump Administration Hindering Asylum Seekers by Making It Harder to Tell Who Qualifies?

The administration hasn't been shy about changing the law, but more hidden changes have taken place too.

Francie Diep

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks at a press conference to announce a multi-state lawsuit to block the Trump administration from adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census form.

Social Justice

The Moral Hazards of a Census Citizenship Question

A political philosopher investigates the question of how a citizenship question on the 2020 census could create bias in public policy that would lead to injustice.

Michael Blake