3. Last week, AG William Barr said citizenship data Trump admin has directed Census Bureau to produce could be "relevant" to Alabama's lawsuit. President Trump's executive order suggests using data to generate count of unauthorized immigrants.
4. Part of plaintiffs Alabama @AGSteveMarshall & @RepMoBrooks' argument for excluding unauthorized immigrants from the #2020Census apportionment count is that the term "persons" in the Constitution should not apply to unauthorized immigrants👇
documentcloud.org/documents/4498…
@AGSteveMarshall @RepMoBrooks 5. Groups including @MALDEF have been worried that Trump admin would not fully defend @uscensusbureau against Alabama's lawsuit, so they have intervened in the case👇
npr.org/2018/07/12/628…
@AGSteveMarshall @RepMoBrooks @MALDEF @uscensusbureau 6. @LawyersComm & @DemocracyFwd are helping to represent another group that's intervening to defend @uscensusbureau against Alabama's lawsuit for excluding unauthorized immigrants from #2020Census apportionment count. Their answer to Alabama's complaint👇
documentcloud.org/documents/6207…
@AGSteveMarshall @RepMoBrooks @MALDEF @uscensusbureau @LawyersComm @DemocracyFwd 7. For some context, Trump admin asked US District Judge R. David Proctor to toss Alabama's lawsuit out of court back in November. Judge decided in June to allow case to move forward. But earlier, he called DOJ's motion to dismiss "rather halfhearted"👇
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