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16 Jan, 5 tweets, 2 min read
NEW: Census Bureau instructs staff to comply with the court order in Nat'l Urban League-led lawsuit that bans, before Biden is sworn in, the release of census data that would allow Trump to alter counts that determine representation in Congress & Electoral College for next decade JAN. 16, 2020 — Yesterday, ...
2. Here's the link to the Census Bureau's full statement about the National Urban League-led lawsuit being put on hold until Feb. 5:
census.gov/newsroom/press…
3. ICYMI last night:
4. NEW: The Commerce Department, which oversees the Census Bureau, says it has instructed Commerce Department employees "who have operational dealings with the Census Bureau" to comply with the court order in the National Urban Leagued-led lawsuit
commerce.gov/news/press-rel… Yesterday, an official Orde...
5. To be clear, I previously reported that on Jan. 12 — three days before the court order — senior career officials at the Census Bureau had already instructed the team assigned to carry out Trump's presidential memo to stop their work immediately:
npr.org/2021/01/13/956…

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NEW: Calls for the resignation of the Census Bureau's Trump-appointed director — Steven Dillingham, whose term ends on Dec. 31 — are now coming from Democrats in Congress. including @RepJudyChu, Rep. @GerryConnolly (L) and @SenatorShaheen (R) (H/T @ZachMontellaro & @lbarronlopez) “Even in the waning days of this administration, Mr. Dilli“The Trump administration waged a damaging campaign agains
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NEW: Trump's Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham tells @CommerceOIG that he has directed career employees to "stand down" and stop trying to produce a technical data report about noncitizens after whistleblowers raised concerns about data inaccuracy
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13 Jan
NEW: Leading census advocates are calling for Census Bureau Dir. Steven Dillingham, a Trump appointee, to immediately resign for prioritizing "unconstitutional & premature production" of a data report on noncitizens. From @ArturoNALEO, @johncyangdc & @Wade4Justice @civilrightsorg “In light of the letter fro...
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EXCLUSIVE: The Census Bureau has stopped trying to produce a count of unauthorized immigrants that President Trump requested to alter the census numbers used for reallocating congressional seats & Electoral College votes among the states, @NPR has learned
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