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10 Colum. J. Race & L. 1 (2020)

handle is hein.journals/cjoral10 and id is 1 raw text is: PRIVACY LAW CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REINTRODUCTION OF THE CITIZENSHIP QUESTION TO THE 2020 NATIONAL CENSUS Matthew M. Welch The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom. -William 0. Douglas1 The proposed reintroduction of the citizenship question to the national census challenges an individual's right to privacy from the government. At issue is the conflict between an individual's right to privacy regarding personal citizenship data and the government's need for that information. To that end, this paper will discuss the history of the citizenship question; the potential privacy violations and resulting harms; the legality of reintroducing the citizenship question; and the best solutions to alleviate privacy concerns while still allowing the Census Bureau to compile citizenship data. I. INTRODUCTION ......................................... 2 II. THE HISTORY OF THE CITIZENSHIP QUESTION IN THE NATIONAL CENSUS .................3............3 A. Pre-2017 History of the Citizenship Question ......... 5 B. Reintroduction of the Citizenship Question............. 6 III. PRIVACY LAW ISSUES ................................ 8 A. Potential Privacy Violations.................. 9 B. Potential Privacy Harms .....................11 1. Primary Harms ........................11 2. Secondary Harms ................... ........13 i. Incorrect Reapportionment . .............14 ii. Decreased Federal Funding .............15 iii. Insufficient National Disaster Relief and Epidemic Preparedness ................16 1 Pub. Util. Comm'n v. Pollak, 343 U.S. 451, 467 (1952) (Douglas, J., dissenting).

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