the longform has a citizenship question on it. as demonstrated by the longform for the 2000 census, which is not that long ago. after the 2000 census, the longform was discontinued in the senses bureau switch to what is called the american community service. this is set down continuously, but it only goes to households and provides basically estimates of demographic characteristics, which makes this nationwide problematical. the acs which has been used since then and is used today has always had a citizenship question. if you want to download the 2018 form come you will find a citizenship question on the acs and what the commerce department said they are going to do is add the very same citizenship question back on to the census. keep this in mind. it does not ask you whether you are here illegally or not. simply asks, are you a citizen of the united states and important for everyone to understand there is a federal law that bars the census bureau from sharing individualized information from the senses with any other government ag