Hansi Lo Wang
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Biden To End Trump Census Policy, Ensuring All Persons Living In U.S. Are Counted
President-elect Joe Biden is set to reverse Trump's policy of excluding unauthorized immigrants from a key count that the Constitution says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."
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Census Bureau Stops Work On Trump's Request For Unauthorized Immigrant Count
The Census Bureau has stopped trying to produce a count of unauthorized immigrants, ending the agency's role in Trump's bid to alter census numbers used for reallocating House seats, NPR has learned.
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Trump's Census Director Is Trying To Rush Out Data On Noncitizens, Watchdog Says
Whistleblowers told the Census Bureau's watchdog that Director Steven Dillingham's pushing them to make a report that would be "statistically indefensible" and could "tarnish" the bureau's reputation.
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Trump's Census Plan In Peril As Bureau Expects February Release Of Count Results
The Census Bureau has fallen further behind schedule in running quality checks on the 2020 census after uncovering more irregularities in the records, jeopardizing Trump's bid to alter a key count.
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Census To Miss Year-End Deadline For Delivering Numbers For House Seats
Behind schedule and struggling to fix irregularities in the count, the Census Bureau is working toward Jan. 9 as the next date in the process for releasing results, a bureau employee tells NPR.
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A Delay In Census Results Would Hinder States' Redistricting Efforts
Census results may be delayed because of the pandemic. That means states with big statewide elections in 2021 are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to redistricting.
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Supreme Court Punts In Census Case, Giving Trump A Chance To Alter Numbers
The opinion said the case was "riddled with contingencies and speculation that impede judicial review." The president has been seeking to use a count that does not include undocumented immigrants.
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Census Estimates U.S. Population As High As 336 Million Ahead Of Actual Count
The Census Bureau has yet to release the 2020 census results, which are undergoing quality checks. Based on government records, it estimates the population has grown by as much as 8.7% since 2010.
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Leaked Files Show Trump's Ability To Alter Census May Come Down To The Wire
The Census Bureau may not be able to finish putting together a key census count before President Trump's term ends, internal documents obtained by the House Oversight Committee confirm.
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Supreme Court Weighs Trump Plan To Exclude Undocumented Immigrants In Census Case
If President Trump succeeds, it will be the first time unauthorized immigrants will not be counted for purposes of drawing new congressional districts.