密歇根新闻广播 公民问题可能会降低人口普查的参与率

 

Today a U.S. House Committee is holding a hearing to get a progress report on the 2020 census¹.

If the Trump² administration gets its way, the next census will have something that hasn't been on a census in 70 years: a question about your citizenship³ status.

That has critics on high alert, fearing the question will keep non-citizens and even legal immigrants from responding to the census.

They say an inaccurate⁴ head-count is bad for their communities, and for Michigan.

Hassan Jaber, executive director and CEO of the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS), located in Dearborn, joined Stateside to talk about how the new question on the 2020 census could deter⁵ participation⁶.

Jaber discusses the impact census data has on Michigan's state budget, and how he fears a low participation rate will fair poorly for Michigan residents.

Listen above to hear why the question of citizenship is being added to the census, how the question could impact our state budget, and the ways in which immigrant communities may be affected⁷.

This story was originally broadcast on May 8, 2018.

1 census   

n.(官方的)人口调查，人口普查

参考例句：

• A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
• The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

4 inaccurate   

adj.错误的，不正确的，不准确的

参考例句：

• The book is both inaccurate and exaggerated.这本书不但不准确，而且夸大其词。
• She never knows the right time because her watch is inaccurate.她从来不知道准确的时间因为她的表不准。

5 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

6 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

7 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。