NEW: @NPR has obtained a copy of the agreement Nebraska's DMV signed to share driver's license records with the @uscensusbureau, making it the 1st state to cooperate with Trump admin efforts to produce citizenship data about every person living in the US👇
npr.org/2019/11/20/781…
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@NPR @uscensusbureau 2. Under this MOU, Nebraska's DMV has agreed to share with @uscensusbureau monthly data about its driver's license and ID card holders' citizenship status, plus names, addresses, dates of birth, sex, race, & eye color starting this December through 2021👇
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@NPR @uscensusbureau 3. @uscensusbureau has said state DMV records it gathers will be "stripped of all personal identifiable information," used only for "statistical purposes." Nebraska's DMV told @NPR it takes privacy "extremely seriously" & agreed to share data after reviewing state/federal laws.
@NPR @uscensusbureau 4. @uscensusbureau has been trying to compile driver's license records to comply with President Trump's executive order requiring it to use state/federal records to generate data about the U.S. citizenship status of every person living in the country👇
npr.org/2019/10/16/770…
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@NPR @uscensusbureau 5. Trump's executive order says citizenship data should be available for states when they redraw voting districts after #2020Census. A GOP strategist concluded using that kind of data could be "advantageous to Republicans and non-Hispanic Whites"👇
npr.org/2019/05/30/728…
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@NPR @uscensusbureau 6. Groups repped by @MALDEF @AAAJ_AAJC are suing Trump admin to try to block @uscensusbureau from producing citizenship data. They say it's part of a conspiracy to ensure Latinx ppl, noncitizens & other immigrants do not receive fair representation👇
npr.org/2019/09/13/760…
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@NPR @uscensusbureau @MALDEF @AAAJ_AAJC 7. H/T to @AP's @GrantSchulte & @MikeSchneiderAP, who first reported on the agreement signed by Nebraska's DMV👇
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8. UPDATE: Besides Nebraska, no other state so far has signed an agreement with the @uscensusbureau to share state driver’s license records, bureau spokesperson Michael Cook tells @NPR.
9. The @uscensusbureau has said that it requested eye color information from state DMVs because that is commonly included in driver's license records. That information will be used by the bureau's researchers to help match government records about the same individual.
10. Asked by @NPR why the @uscensusbureau has not asked states for other common driver's license information such as hair color, height and weight, bureau’s public information office replied with this written statement👇 
