3 more states share license data for citizenship efforts

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Source: Associated Press

By STEPHEN GROVES and MIKE SCHNEIDER
40 minutes ago

https://apnews.com/e287f5836fa72e70b12bee76091b2257/gallery/1e5b37baf3704d80834cc3087415460c


SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Iowa, South Carolina and South Dakota have now joined Nebraska in agreeing to share state driver’s license information with the U.S. Census Bureau to help the Trump administration to determine the citizenship status of every U.S. resident.

Until recently, Nebraska had been the sole state to sign an agreement with the Census Bureau to share the information. President Donald Trump ordered the Census Bureau last year to gather citizenship data from the administrative records of federal and state agencies after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked his administration’s effort to place a citizenship question on the 2020 census questionnaire.

The overwhelming majority of states have refused to share information about driver’s licenses and ID cards. The governors of the four cooperating states are Republicans. Their cooperation was first reported by NPR.

Opponents of gathering the citizenship data worry it will be used by states and local governments to redraw legislative boundaries using only U.S. citizens instead of the entire population. Doing so would be advantageous to Republicans and non-Hispanic whites, according to opponents.

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Democrats say the attempt to gather the citizenship information is part of an ongoing effort by the Trump administration to politicize the Census Bureau. House Democrats have asked Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to withdraw the recent appointments of Nathaniel Cogley and Adam Korzeniewski to top agency positions, and the department’s inspector general is looking into how they were hired.

Many residents in immigrant communities were already fearful about filling out the census, and the agreements with the states show Trump is attempting an “end run” around the Supreme Court ruling, said Taneeza Islam, an immigration lawyer who runs an advocacy organization called South Dakota Voices for Peace.

“Many people do not trust filling out government forms and this just adds another layer to that mistrust,” Islam said.

[Newest Reality]

1. Ah,

Building a strong regime for the freedom of tyranny step-by-step.

Boot to the face!

[47of74]

2. Pretty much decided to move out of Iowa

The state is dead to me at this point. And I was born and raised here too.

[SharonClark]

4. Where are you moving to?

[aggiesal]

3. The Real-ID law was pasted some time ago ...

what do you think that's all about?

We have to bring all our associated documents to get the latest drivers license that is now the Real-ID mechanism used. It is also built into our Passport system.

This will not only determine your citizenship on a yearly basis (not every 10 years like the census), but it will also be able to hinder your travel.

No Real-ID, no flight.