Documents reveal officials worked to keep secret their intention to use the data to exclude non-citizens from apportionment
Commerce secretary Wilbur Ross became interested in adding a citizenship question shortly after taking office in 2017.
The memo was eventually hand-delivered to John Gore, a top official at the justice department . Attached to the document was a handwritten note from Uthmeier nudging the justice department towards a rationale it could offer for adding the question. “Ultimately, everyone is in agreement with our approach to move slowly, carefully, and deliberately so as to not expose us to litigation risk. We can discuss further in person,” Uthmeier wrote in a. “At this point, Peter and I want to make sure that we are not yet discussing our analysis with outside parties that may take our discussions public.”
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