The United States might not be able to get information about more than 10 million people in the 2020 census. That’s the number of undocumented immigrants living in the United States. Another 16.7 million individuals who live in a household with an undocumented member might also not be counted.
Mary Lehman Held, associate professor of social work at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, says the primary reason that undocumented immigrants might forego participation in the 2020 census is fear. Read the full article on The Conversation.
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