Excellent article - worth the read, IMHO.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/02/01/democrats-really-dont-want-reinstate-citizenship-question-u-s-census/
Most people wouldn't take issue with the U.S. government inquiring about citizenship status in a population census, but in 2018 some Democrats consider it a radical act to ask the simple question, "Are you a U.S. citizen?" ...

The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence