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The Department of Commerce is weighing a radical overhaul of the U.S. census, potentially dropping demographic data on racial minorities and LGBTQ+ people while excluding undocumented immigrants entirely — a move that could cripple federal funding for communities most in need, distort political representation, and erase critical data used to combat inequality. Past attempts to reshape the census — like adding a citizenship question — have sparked controversy, but this proposal threatens to go even further, risking undercounts that undermine access to resources and erase marginalized voices from national decision-making.

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