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Civil‑liberties groups warn that current data‑sharing practices and federal enforcement are undermining trust in the census
Summary
ACLU of Massachusetts, immigrant‑serving groups and others told the Senate on Oct. 31 that recent federal enforcement and data‑sharing agreements (for example IRS and immigration agencies) have eroded immigrants’ willingness to participate in the census unless stronger privacy assurances and legal protections are in place.
Civil‑liberties and immigrant‑rights witnesses told the Senate Committee on the Census on Oct. 31 that the most serious barrier to a complete 2030 count is fear: fear that personal information collected for the census could be accessed by immigration enforcement.
"As of August 2025, the president has directed strategically erase millions of people from The U.S. Census," Tracy Griffith, director of the ACLU‑Massachusetts’ Civil Rights program, told the committee. Griffith and…
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