Utah’s Latino legislators blast plans for Census to ask if respondents are U.S. citizens

Utah’s Latino legislators blasted plans to ask in the 2020 Census if respondents are U.S. citizens — arguing that will scare undocumented immigrants into not participating, preventing accurate counts of all Utah residents.“If this decision is allowed to occur, likely 100,000 Utah residents will opt not to participate,” said Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck, D-Salt Lake City, who also is co-chairwoman of the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) Latino Voting Task