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Hansi Lo Wang

22 Oct, 9 tweets, 5 min read

BREAKING: A second federal court has blocked President Trump’s attempt to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the census numbers that determine each state’s share of House seats. The 3-judge court in California declares Trump's memo is unconstitutional.
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7274…

2. "The policy which the Presidential Memorandum attempts to enact has already been rejected by the Constitution, the applicable statutes, & 230 years of history," write 9th Circuit Judge Richard Clifton, District Judge Lucy Koh & District Judge Edward Chen in Northern California

3. The 3-judge court in California has issued a permanent injunction blocking the commerce secretary & Census Bureau from delivering to the president any report with info about unauthorized immigrants in each state and that's part of the decennial census.
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7274…

4. The Trump administration is expected to appeal this ruling directly to the Supreme Court, which is already set to hear arguments on Nov. 30 for an appeal of an earlier ruling by a lower court in New York.
npr.org/2020/10/16/917…

5. Meanwhile, there are four additional lawsuits over Trump's apportionment memo, and 3-judge courts in Washington, D.C., and Maryland may issue their rulings for two of those cases at any moment. (The other two cases, in Maryland and Massachusetts, are still in early stages.)

6. Here's my updated write-up on where the legal fight over President Trump's apportionment memo stands:
npr.org/2020/10/22/919…

@SpeakerPelosi

7. @SpeakerPelosi says the latest court ruling that blocks President Trump’s apportionment memo “a monumental victory for justice, our Constitution & our American Democracy” and that the House “will continue to fight in the Courts & in Congress to ensure a fair & accurate Census”

@SpeakerPelosi

@SpeakerPelosi 8. @RepMaloney (D-N.Y.), chair of House @OversightDems, calls on President Trump to "follow the Constitution and drop his attempt to corrupt the #2020Census for political gain"

@SpeakerPelosi

@SpeakerPelosi @RepMaloney @OversightDems 9. @TheJusticeDept has not responded to my request for comment, but it did do this today:

https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1319636778610003975

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Hansi Lo Wang

@hansilowang

21 Oct

NEW: The Census Bureau's career staff will decide how much time it will take to prepare #2020Census apportionment counts and may not be able to meet the legal reporting deadline of Dec. 31, Al Fontenot, the bureau's associate director for the census, said during a press briefing.

https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1317249091307536385?s=20

2. The Census Bureau began softening the ground on whether it can still meet the Dec. 31 reporting deadline for #2020Census apportionment counts with this Oct. 16 statement:

https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1317249091307536385?s=20

3. As for the March 31, 2021 legal reporting deadline for state redistricting data from the #2020Census, Al Fontenot said the Census Bureau "cannot say for certain" right now if it needs more time. "We're constantly evaluating that," Fontenot added.

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Hansi Lo Wang

@hansilowang

16 Oct

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a #2020Census case on Nov. 30, increasing the potential for President Trump to try to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the numbers used to reallocate House seats while in office

2. Since the first U.S. census in 1790, the numbers of U.S. residents who are counted to determine each state's share of congressional seats have included both citizens and noncitizens, regardless of immigration status.
npr.org/2020/10/16/917…

3. Here is the link to the #SCOTUS order that schedules oral arguments for Nov. 30 (which is already a packed day for the justices): supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…

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Hansi Lo Wang

@hansilowang

15 Oct

WHEN TRUMP ADMIN'S SHUTTING DOWN #2020Census

10 pm ET (10/15): Phone lines in Arabic, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Tagalog, Vietnamese

2 am ET (10/16): Phone lines in English, Spanish

6 am ET (10/16): My2020Census.gov

10 P.M. ET TODAY:
普通话 844-391-2020
粤语 844-398-2020
tiếng Việt 844-461-2020
한국어 844-392-2020
pусский 844-417-2020
العربية:844-416-2020
Tagalog 844-478-2020
Polski 844-479-2020
Français 844-494-2020
Kreyòl Ayisyen 844-477-2020
Português 844-474-2020
日本語 844-460-2020

2 A.M. ET, 10/16:

English 844-330-2020
Español 844-468-2020
TDD 844-467-2020

(For #PuertoRico)
English 844-418-2020
Español 844-426-2020

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Hansi Lo Wang

@hansilowang

14 Oct

NEW: DOJ attorney John Coghlan tells a federal court in Maryland the Trump admin doesn't know what groups of unauthorized immigrants — other than those in ICE detention centers — it could feasibly exclude from the census numbers used to reallocate House seats per Trump's memo.

https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1312218985975500801?s=20

2. But the three-judge court in Maryland sounded very skeptical that the Census Bureau does not have plans given what the bureau's Associate Director Al Fontenot said in this court filing:

https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1312218985975500801?s=20

3. At multiple points, the 3-judge court asked, and DOJ attorney John Coghlan avoided directly answering, what "other Presidential Memorandum–related outputs" the Census Bureau plans to provide to the commerce secretary by Jan. 11, 2021. Coghlan said it's a "dynamic" process.

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Hansi Lo Wang

@hansilowang

14 Oct

Today is Wednesday.

Your household has less than 48 hours to get counted in the #2020Census at My2020Census.gov before the Trump administration shuts it down after 11:59 p.m. Hawaii time on Oct. 15.
npr.org/2020/10/13/921…

2. To call in a #2020Census response, your household has until 2 a.m. ET on Oct. 16 to use these toll-free numbers:

English 844-330-2020
Español 844-468-2020

Telephone Display Device:
844-467-2020

For #PuertoRico residents:
English 844-418-2020
Español 844-426-2020

3. 10 pm ET, 10/15:
普通话 844-391-2020
粤语 844-398-2020
tiếng Việt 844-461-2020
한국어 844-392-2020
pусский 844-417-2020
العربية:844-416-2020
Tagalog 844-478-2020
Polski 844-479-2020
Français 844-494-2020
Kreyòl Ayisyen 844-477-2020
Português 844-474-2020
日本語 844-460-2020

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Hansi Lo Wang

@hansilowang

13 Oct

BREAKING: The Supreme Court is setting aside for now a lower court order that extended #2020Census counting through Oct. 31, allowing the Trump administration to end counting soon
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7230…

@uscensusbureau

2. Questions I am waiting for the @uscensusbureau to answer:

When does it plan to stop collecting self-responses online and over the phone?

When is the postmark deadline and the last day it will accept paper forms?

When does it plan to stop field data collection activities?

@uscensusbureau

@uscensusbureau 3. More questions I am waiting for the @uscensusbureau to answer:

How many nonresponse followup cases are incomplete as of Oct. 13?

How many enumerators are employed by the Census Bureau as of Oct. 13?

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