If I understood correctly, 45 wants the citizenship question in the census so illegals and legal immigrants are deterred from answering the census, thus affecting re-districting, right?
But usually if you don't answer the census a census employee will harass you until you do, and then you can even get fined or see some jail time.
Will they stop sending census employees to try to get an answer and/or stop jailing people if they refuse to answer so they can achieve the above-mentioned deterrence?
Err... I don't think you can be fined or jailed? I worked briefly for the census (payroll, so not field work), but I thought the procedure was just attempting to see if there were residents in a house, discussing why you are there, assuring them it is confidential (if needed), and then marking checkboxes.
it's a possibilty, but apparently it doesn't happen sometimes