is this person a citizen of the united states? it's a question that career census officials have said could lead to a huge undercount in communities already living in fear of even the most routine contacts with the government, not to mention possible deportation. >> america is the most renowned democracy on the planet. >> i know families every day, a government that is supposed to they give blessing to the family members because they really be for and by the people. don't know if somebody's going to come back, they're going to be stopped by the constable, by the border patrol, by the police and, yet, so many of us take a pass on exercising our most department. fundamental right of all, all these departments can stop a voting. family for a blinking light, for a little more than half of the a wrong turn and the family can people in this country who can vote bother to show up at the end up being deported. polls, even when the stakes are highest, in a presidential election. >> and that's the reality of in non-presidential years, life here and the idea that the turnout is much worse. census bureau becomes another one of those agencies. >> so what's wrong with our democracy? u.s. commerce secretary wilbur as we head into the 2020 ross who oversees the census elections, that question couldn't be more urgent. voter turnout as well as trust bureau says the question was in the election system itself could play a huge role in deciding who becomes our next president. requested by the justice department to help enforce the voting rights act of 1965. voting rights activists weren't >> drain the swamp. buying that explanation.