BREAKING: A U.S. District Court issued an order last night blocking the Trump administration’s attempts to rush the 2020 Census. This is a victory for an accurate census that counts everyone!
Under the Court’s order, the census count will continue through October 31 as the Census Bureau had planned, and its data processing will continue under a timeline that allows for a full, fair, and accurate overall tabulation and reporting of the total population.
The Trump administration’s accelerated census timeline would have cut a crucial four weeks from the actual count and four months from the time for processing and reporting the data.
The abrupt change disregarded the bureau’s plans for dealing with the hardships posed by Covid-19, it undermined the quality and accuracy of the census, and it would have produced a massive undercount of communities of color.
”Today’s ruling is a significant victory in the ongoing fight to save the 2020 Census from a critical undercount of our country’s communities of color,” said @tomtmwolf.
“The census must count everyone, regardless of their race, ethnicity, or citizenship status. To do that in the face of Covid-19, hurricanes, and wildfires, the Census Bureau needs all the time it asked and planned for in the spring.”
To win this case, we worked with @lawyerscomm, @lathamwatkins, @naturbanleague, @lwv, @bajitweet, @naacp, @cityattorneyla, @sliccardo, @chicago, @countyofla, @gric_official, and the Navajo Nation.
Read more about this big win: brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…
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