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Trump's proposed rule states: "No question about race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation shall appear on the short form decennial census questionnaire or any questionnaire used for the enumeration of the population. . . . With the exception of questions about biological sex, date of birth, and household relationships, no person shall be obligated to furnish a response to any demographic question as part of the decennial census." The rule would also exclude illegal aliens and temporary foreign workers, students, and visitorsnone of whom can legally votefrom congressional apportionment. Trump's proposed rule states: "No question about race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation shall appear on the short form decennial census questionnaire or any questionnaire used for the enumeration of the population. . . . With the exception of questions about biological sex, date of birth, and household relationships, no person shall be obligated to furnish a response to any demographic question as part of the decennial census." The rule would also exclude illegal aliens and temporary foreign workers, students, and visitorsnone of whom can legally votefrom congressional apportionment.

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As the proposal explains, the Census exists because of a constitutional mandate to count, for the apportionment of congressional seats, the "whole number of persons in each State" based on "usual residence." This is "a process that factors in an element of allegiance but otherwise should be colorblind and should not be distorted in any way by questions about immaterial personal characteristics, such as race."

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"U.S. Census Bureau records reveal that census officials were reluctant to create a Hispanic pan-ethnic category, in part because they judged that persons of Latin American descent were quite diverse and would eventually assimilate and identify as white." Chicano activists couldn't bear the idea of assimilation.

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