Second. this idea is also strongly opposed by the U.S. Department of Commerce which. of course. contains the Census Bureau. Specifically. the Census Bureau is extremely concerned that attempts to exclude undocumented aliens could seriously jeopardize and undermine the accuracy of the census itself. Persons who are illegally present in the United States may either seek to avoid the census altogether. or could deliberately misreport themselves as legal residents in the census. If large numbers of undocumented aliens avoid the census. then the 1990 census count will be inaccurateharming both States and cities in terms of their eligibility for many Federal programs. The Commerce Department is also concerned about the public perception of the confidentiality of census data. and they feel that this provision may undermine that confidentiality principle. From its very beginnings. the census has not made a distinction based upon a persons citizenship. but rather has sought to count all persons present in the United States.
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