President Trump's re-election campaign wants you to answer a simple question: Do you want the 2020 Census to ask if people are American citizens?

The campaign sent the survey out to its list of supporters Monday.

But while it seems like a "truly simple question," as the campaign called it, it's anything but.

The U.S. Census Bureau doesn't ask about citizenship. But late last year, the Justice Department asked the agency to include a question about citizenship on the form for the upcoming count. Questions must be submitted to Congress by March 31.

The request has proven controversial. While supporters say the question is a modest change, its opponents argue that the question could be counterproductive to getting accurate counts. The Census counts the total number of people in the country, not the total number of citizens.

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