Thread by @hansilowang

JUST IN: @NewYorkStateAG is leading group of states, counties, cities & @usmayors in asking federal judge to allow them to defend @uscensusbureau in lawsuit by Alabama seeking to exclude unauthorized immigrants from #2020Census numbers used for redistributing seats in Congress👇

@NewYorkStateAG @usmayors @uscensusbureau 2. "No individual ceases to be a person because they lack documentation," says @NewYorkStateAG Letitia James in statement.

"We are intervening in this case ... because the values enshrined in the U.S. Constitution deserve better than a halfhearted and inadequate defense."👇

@NewYorkStateAG @usmayors @uscensusbureau 3. Here are the latest court filings by @NewYorkStateAG:

- documentcloud.org/documents/6256…
- documentcloud.org/documents/6256…
- documentcloud.org/documents/6256…

@NewYorkStateAG @usmayors @uscensusbureau 4. Groups including @MALDEF, @LawyersComm &
@DemocracyFwd have already intervened in Alabama's lawsuit to defend @uscensusbureau's inclusion of unauthorized immigrants among “whole number of persons” from #2020Census used to divide up seats in Congress👇
npr.org/2018/07/12/628…

@NewYorkStateAG @usmayors @uscensusbureau @MALDEF @LawyersComm @DemocracyFwd 5. "Alabama’s attempt to exclude millions of individuals from the 2020 census is simply another effort by political interests to manipulate what should be a straightforward & nonpartisan process," says @AGBecerra of California, which is among states asking to defend Census Bureau