How the Trump admin pushed for a #2020census citizenship question and ended up in court👇
(I'll be at the trial in NY starting Monday.)
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(Yes, stand by for video receipts...)
Ross discussed it w then-WH adviser Steve Bannon & pushed for Q after taking over @CommerceGov.
But here's how Ross testified👇
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"They don't have to answer it, really," he said.
You can be fined for refusing to answer. Here's the law👇
law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/13…
But you're more than likely to get a phone call or an in-person visit from a census worker.
And that is scary to a lot of people, as @MPenalozaNPR & I have reported👇
npr.org/2018/05/11/610…
Some of the hardest-to-count groups in U.S. think citizenship Q will be used to locate undocumented immigrants👇
But many people don't believe the gov't will keep that promise👇
npr.org/2018/11/01/663…
census.gov/newsroom/blogs…
Back to digging,
Your @NPR #2020census reporter
“We are fighting for a fair count!” chant members, supporters of lawsuit plaintiffs @thenyic @MaketheRoadNY👇
Instead of a thread on plaintiffs' 1st witness - @DukePoliSci's D. Sunshine Hillygus - here's her expert report👇
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But bureau's chief scientist has testified...👇
Here's her affidavit on impact of #2020census citizenship question👇
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- Hermann Habermann, former @uscensusbureau deputy director & chief statistician of US
(EXPERT REPORT: apps.npr.org/documents/docu…)
- Joe Salvo, chief demographer @NYCPlanning
(NO REPORT, LIVE TESTIMONY)
ABOWD MEMO👇
apps.npr.org/documents/docu…
"We're headed in the wrong direction" assuming that past @uscensusbureau efforts to address lowered self-response will work, Salvo said.
Stand by for some more takeaways...
"It intensified the resolve of City Hall to commit resources," Salvo said.
@TheJusticeDept atty Garrett Coyle asked if it was Salvo's understanding that @uscensusbureau has asked Congress for permission to hire noncitizens.
"That would be great," Salvo added.
I followed up w chief of bureau's public info office, Michael Cook, who referred me to this from Aug👇
His expert report is worth a read👇
apps.npr.org/documents/docu…
During cross-examination, @TheJusticeDept atty Stephen Ehrlich asked Habermann if testing always faces constraints of budget, resources & time.
- Bill O'Hare, demographer who has researched census undercount of young children
- Andrew Reamer of @GWIPPGWU, who has researched how the census affects federal funding
Btw, here’s what this hotly-contested question looks like👇
- John Thompson, former @uscensusbureau director
- @realMABarreto, @UCLA professor & co-founder of @LatinoDecisions
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Expert report by fmr @uscensusbureau Dir. John Thompson, one of Day 4 plaintiffs' witnesses👇
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Sitting in gallery behind plaintiffs’ table is former @uscensusbureau Director John Thompson, once a top gov’t bureaucrat who is getting ready to testify against the gov’t today in these cases.
Plaintiffs calling to witness stand:
- @cwarshaw, @GWtweets poli sci prof
- Lisa Handley, voting rights expert
- @john_abowd, @uscensusbureau chief scientist
apps.npr.org/documents/docu…
@uscensusbureau Center for Economic Studies👇
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He’s the last witness & U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman has tentatively scheduled oral/closing arguments for Nov. 27.
@john_abowd does not know who changed @uscensusbureau's response to @CommerceGov Q: "What was the process that was used in the past to get questions added to the decennial Census"?
EARLIER THREAD👇
npr.org/2018/11/01/663…
to collect data to refuse to meet with bureau's technical staff to discuss request👇
- Lisa Handley's expert report:
apps.npr.org/documents/docu…
- @cwarshaw's affidavit:
apps.npr.org/documents/docu…
- @john_abowd's declaration:
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Final artwork for #2020census forms is due to printer by June 2019. Any changes made after Oct. 31, 2019, will require major redesigns and may need congressional authorization.
Abowd testified he did not have impression that @SecretaryRoss had made up his mind on whether to add #citizenshipquestion during Abowd’s only meeting w Ross in February 2018, recalls Ross adding lots of Qs.
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Stand by for takeaways...
just played clip of @SecretaryRoss's Nov. 13 interview to @YahooFinance’s Andy @serwer for @uscensusbureau Chief Scientist John Abowd.
"Not the air I was breathing,"
Abowd said.
@TheJusticeDept atty Brett Shumate argued if judge orders injunction of citizenship Q, it should only be applied to plaintiffs w standing. Furman asked if that could mean no Q only for forms in NY. Up to @SecretaryRoss to decide, Shumate said.
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