Justices Put Off Ruling on Trump Plan for Unauthorized Immigrants and Census

December 18, 2020

The practical effect of the ruling may be limited, because Census Bureau officials have said they may not be able to produce data on unauthorized immigrants before Mr. Trump leaves…

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Flaws in US census count jeopardise Trump’s plan to exclude illegal immigrants from congressional reapportionment

December 5, 2020

The move, unprecedented in American history, would produce an older, whiter, more rural population base for reallocating House seats that would mostly benefit Republicans, analysts say Washington: Census Bureau experts…

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Trump administration wages last major Supreme Court fight to exclude undocumented immigrants from census

November 30, 2020

If the outgoing president’s plan goes forward, states with large numbers of undocumented immigrants could see their influence reduced in the US House of Representatives File image of outgoing US…

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Census to include gender and sexuality questions, but why only now?

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Census to incorporate gender and sexuality questions, however why solely now?

October 21, 2020

Official information will be gathered on transgender and gay people for the first time in next year’s census (Picture: Ella Byworth for Metro.co.uk) There has always been a lack of…

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