Oath of allegiance
The controversy over US citizenship, privacy, and next year's census. Who will be counted?
The United States census gets underway next year and the Trump administration wants to ask everyone if they're a US citizen. Critics say the question will discourage some immigrants from participating and lead to an inaccurate census. The Supreme Court will rule on the matter later this month. Also, a same-sex married couple has two sons ; one gets US citizenship while his brother does not; immigrants in New York find it harder to win asylum; a Russian grandmother becomes a US citizen; and a Brazilian-born musician took the oath of allegiance a year ago and now calls Texas home.
(Image: Demonstrators rally at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2019, to protest a proposal to add a citizenship question in the 2020 Census. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
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From Russia to US Citizen
Duration: 02:29
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- Sat 1 Jun 201921:32GMTBBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean, Online, UK DAB/Freeview, South Asia & News Internet only
- Sun 2 Jun 201903:32GMTBBC World Service
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