A number of U.S. companies are warning the Trump administration that a citizenship question on the 2020 Census would harm business if it leads to an undercount of immigrants.
許多美國公司都在告誡特朗普政權(quán),如果2020年人口普查中提問的公民身份問題導(dǎo)致移民人數(shù)被低估,那么企業(yè)將受到損害。
They say the question could undermine the data they use to place stores, plan inventory and plot ad campaigns.
他們表示,這個問題可能會破壞他們用來選擇商店地址、計劃庫存和策劃廣告活動的數(shù)據(jù)。

The main purpose of the Census, which occurs every 10 years, is to draw voting districts and divide some $800 billion in federal programs.
人口普查每十年舉行一次,它的主要目的是劃分選區(qū),并在聯(lián)邦計劃中分配大約8000億美元。
For companies, it provides the most detailed picture available of consumer and labor markets.
對企業(yè)來說,它會提供關(guān)于消費者和勞動力市場的最詳細(xì)的信息。
Under the current administration's proposal, the Census would ask whether respondents are citizens of the United States for the first time in 70 years.
根據(jù)本屆政府的提議,本次人口普查將詢問受訪者是否為美國公民,這是70年來的第一次。
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