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Texas and an msnbc contributor. >> okay. so, help us through this. to the average viewer, to the average eye, they might say, okeydoke, they're asking for more information. more information is good. walk us through the risks and why people will not want to participate. >> right, stephanie. so let's start with the back ground of the last couple of years during the trump administration regarding immigrants and immigrant status. it's one of fear. it's one of folks being very scared that they are going to be hauled off, deported, their family members, their loved ones are going to be detained. so ...

But 19 attorneys general said they will fight the president if he dares to ask people if they are citizens. the president wants to know if you're on his side. many people are viewing this as an attempt to suppress the counting of minorities and immigrants. will it have that effect? >> i think here we go again. i think it could have that effect, because there's a great deal of concern from individuals about the government and about immigration rights and immigrant status. and so, i think, individuals may simply say, i'm not going to participate in this. i don't want to open my door to people wh...

That every ten years, this country has to count all people. not citizens versus n noncitizens, but every single person in this country regardless of their status or background. and that's why you're seeing litigation in the numbers that you are right now. >> so, michael, president trump's re-election campaign sent an e-mail to supporters last week talking about adding the citizenship question. saying the president wants the 2020 united states census to ask people whether or not they are citizens. in another era, this would be common sense. but 19 attorneys general said they will fight the pres...

Minutes. see what talking about the questions when he makes whatever signing or doesn't sign whatever statement he's going to make, those correspondents in the room are john roberts, chief white house correspondent among them now, the diplomatic room inside the white house will likely ask this president. before i let you slide out of the picture and we are all going to watch this together now waiting for the president to step up and tell us exactly what he has decided on this big spending bill, whether he will be aware not, we have been talking about this issue now of daca and the dreamers for...

All those different communities and more that are on the periphery, on the sideline, into our city. when we say, welcome, we mean welcome . >> the city of chicago say it is an all-in-one resource, data link the library and public transit accounts and discounts at cultural centers and veterans and senior citizens paired however, critics including chicago's aldermen worry that rahm emanuel's program will give ids to people here illegally, especially since the city of chicago will not be asking applicants about the u.s. immigrant status. applicant's only have to prove they live in chicago and mus...