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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Well, the new technology may have gotten in the way here of getting an accurate count of people, particularly…”

On the recordNovember 15, 2016
Well, the new technology may have gotten in the way here of getting an accurate count of people, particularly undocumented people or people who are leery of responding to people who open the door, I mean.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton discusses challenges in accurately counting populations due to technology and trust issues.

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