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NEW: Census Bureau staff have briefed the commerce secretary on producing estimates of the unauthorized immigrant population "on more than one occasion" since Trump issued executive order on citizenship data in July 2019, according to an internal document
documentcloud.org/documents/7221… Was anyone at the Census Bureau involved in writing the memo
2. This internal document -- draft congressional hearing prep for the Census Bureau director's 7/29 testimony before the House oversight committee -- was released on Oct. 4 with other memos & emails for a lawsuit over the #2020Census schedule. Here's what else I've found...
3. The week of July 20, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross "asked the Census Bureau...to formally look into the impact" of reporting #2020Census apportionment counts on Dec. 31, according to the same draft congressional hearing prep dated July 27.
documentcloud.org/documents/7221… Apportionment/ Delayed Data Products Last week, it was repor
4. In an internal email, a Trump appointee at the Census Bureau, Ali Ahmad, acknowledged that by 7/30, the bureau was "backing away from asking" Congress to pass deadline extensions for reporting #2020Census results.
documentcloud.org/documents/7221… Al's notes on the individual questions for reference- Al, wh
5. In June, there was interest in the House-passed coronavirus relief bill that includes #2020Census deadline extensions from Daniel Spino, staffer on Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee who asked for bureau's "technical assistance"
documentcloud.org/documents/7221…
6. In an internal "roadmap" of COVID-19-related changes to #2020Census, bureau officials noted asking for "relief" from the legal reporting deadline of Dec. 31 for apportionment counts is "risky" and that a "discussion with Christa Jones should be had"
documentcloud.org/documents/7221…
7. "An impossible task, but we will try," wrote James Christy, the Census Bureau's assistant director for field operations after receiving an email on July 30 about changing the #2020Census schedule to deliver apportionment counts by Dec. 31:
documentcloud.org/documents/7221…
8. Ali Ahmad apparently thought that updating Census Bureau's website with info on a #2020Census funding request could help distract from Trump's then-newly released memo calling for unauthorized immigrants to be excluded from the apportionment counts.
documentcloud.org/documents/7221…
9. Apparently, the Census Bureau uses questions I send in to help prep Director Steven Dillingham before House oversight committee hearings...
10. On the left, questions I emailed on July 23 to the Census Bureau's public information office (I have yet to receive responses).

On the right, draft Q&A in congressional hearing prep for the bureau's director.
documentcloud.org/documents/7221… Hi, PIO, I have some questions about President Trump’s JuHas the Census Bureau received a written orderfrom Commerce
11. On the left, questions I emailed on July 16 to the Census Bureau's public information office (I have yet to receive responses).

On the right, draft Q&A in congressional hearing prep for the bureau's director.
documentcloud.org/documents/7221… Hi, Virginia, A few more follow-ups: 2. Which states has tState Driver's Licenses Which states has the Census Bureau c
12. One of the quotes in this July 30 article I wrote was apparently capable of causing "heartburn downtown": npr.org/2020/07/30/896… Sounds prudent. Hansi took advantage of information lags. Je
13. You can read all of the internal documents the Census Bureau and Commerce Department released on Oct. 4 here:
documentcloud.org/search/project…

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3 Oct
Coming to you live around 9:25 a.m. on @NPRWeekend with @nprscottsimon to try to walk you through the twists and turns of the #2020Census saga
npr.org/2020/10/02/919…
@NPRWeekend @nprscottsimon 2. In case you missed my chat with @nprscottsimon, here's a thread on what's going on with the #2020Census...
@NPRWeekend @nprscottsimon 3. Q: Where are we now with the end date for #2020Census counting?

A. 10/31 *for now* because of a court order by a federal judge in California. The order has been appealed to the 9th Circuit, which has set a hearing for 10/5. And Trump admin says it's ready to go to #SCOTUS...
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3 Oct
NEW: Census Bureau says it could provide info on unauthorized immigrants in ICE detention centers to the commerce secretary by 12/31 to "partially" implement Trump's apportionment memo, according to unsigned, undated statement by Associate Dir. Al Fontenot
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7221… If the California injunction remains in place, it is unlikel
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npr.org/2020/09/16/911…
3. This unsigned declaration by Al Fontenot (for the Maryland-based lawsuit over the #2020Census schedule) appears to put this Sept. 28 email Census Bureau Deputy Director Ron Jarmin wrote to Secretary Ross in context:
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2 Oct
BREAKING: Counting for the #2020Census must continue through Oct. 31 for now, according to a new court order U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has issued to clarify an earlier order.
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7221… CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, the Court: • CLARIFI
2. Here's my write-up on where the #2020Census stands right now:
npr.org/2020/10/02/919…
3. UPDATE: The Census Bureau has updated its webpage "#2020Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19" with Oct. 31 as the current end date for all counting efforts.
2020census.gov/en/news-events…
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2 Oct
NEW: Trump admin says in court filing it was a "simple & inadvertent oversight" that Census Bureau didn't stop noting "September 30" on its website after a 9/24 court order suspended it as the #2020Census counting end date. I found more "oversight" examples still on the website. The 2020 Census will conclude data collection operations on The 2020 Census will conclude data collection operations on The 2020 Census will conclude data collection operations on
2. Links to where Census Bureau still noted "September 30" as end date for #2020Census data collection operations after a Sept. 24 court order suspended that date:
- 2020census.gov/content/dam/20…
- 2020census.gov/content/dam/20…
- 2020census.gov/content/dam/20…
3. And here's the Trump administration's latest court filing arguing that U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh should not issue sanctions against the administration because Trump officials have tried to comply to her court order to "the best of their ability":
documentcloud.org/documents/7221…
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30 Sep
SCOOP: The Trump administration has added its 4th political appointee in 3 months to the Census Bureau — Earl “Trey” Mayfield, newly appointed counselor to the bureau’s director
npr.org/2020/09/30/916…
2. Here's the statement about Trey Mayfield I received from the Census Bureau's chief spokesperson Michael Cook: Mr. Trey Mayfield has joined the US Census Bureau as Counsel
3. The Census Bureau has not answered NPR's question about why Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham needs a dedicated attorney given that lawyers at the Commerce Department, which oversees the bureau, provide legal services for the bureau.
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30 Sep
NEW: Challengers in Nat'l Urban League-led lawsuit over shortened #2020Census schedule are asking US District Judge Lucy Koh to penalize Trump admin for allegedly violating her order by requiring weekly compliance reports & texting field staff about order
documentcloud.org/documents/7220… Despite that, Plaintiffs remain focused on ensuring that Def
2. Plaintiffs are asking for weekly compliance reports from Census Bureau that track:
- communication to #2020Census workers re: end dates
- termination of workers
- changes to operations/metrics for making a housing unit as "complete" First, Defendants should be required to submit a weekly comp
3. Plaintiffs are also asking for the weekly reports to include a sworn statement from Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham "unequivocally confirming ongoing compliance with the Court’s order." Second, given the history of vague assertions, failures to c
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