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19 Jan, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Today is Steven Dillingham’s last full day as Census Bureau director.

Dillingham’s departure at noon ET tomorrow clears the entire slate of Trump appointees at the bureau, where Ron Jarmin, the career deputy director, will serve again as acting director.
npr.org/2021/01/18/957…
2. Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for Dillingham to answer my thread of questions about the state-by-state figures of noncitizens that he tried to rush out before Census Bureau whistleblowers complained to the @CommerceOIG:
@CommerceOIG 3. It's not clear exactly when they're out, but I've confirmed all 3 of the newest, controversial Trump appointees at the Census Bureau will have resigned by tomorrow too. My earlier reporting on Nathaniel Cogley, Earl "Trey" Mayfield & Benjamin Overholt:
npr.org/2020/09/30/916…
@CommerceOIG 4.
@CommerceOIG 5. UPDATE: As of today, these Trump appointees no longer work at the Census Bureau, chief spokesperson Michael Cook confirms:

- Nathaniel Cogley
- Earl "Trey" Mayfield
- Benjamin Overholt
- Ali Ahmad
- Christopher Stanley

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19 Jan
I was surprised to see the Pew Research Center & Yale researchers mentioned in the outgoing Trump-appointed Census Bureau director's latest blog post on the noncitizen data request that got called off after whistleblower complaints, so I did some digging..
census.gov/newsroom/blogs… It is my understanding that...
2. In case you need more background, Steven Dillingham tried to pressure career civil servants at the bureau to produce a data report with state-by-state figures of noncitizens that one whistleblower said would have been "statistically indefensible":
npr.org/2021/01/18/957…
3. Dillingham's blog post is correct that the Pew Research Center produces unauthorized immigrant estimates. That research is led by a demographer who used to work at the bureau. Here's more on Jeffrey Passel:
pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019…
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18 Jan
BREAKING: Trump's Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham is stepping down on Jan. 20, months before the end of his term, after whistleblowers complained he was pushing for "statistically indefensible" data.

My report (confirming @Tierney_Megan scoop):
npr.org/2021/01/18/957…
@Tierney_Megan 2. The Census Bureau's has posted Dillingham's email announcing his Jan. 20 departure here:
census.gov/newsroom/blogs… To the Outstanding Women and Men of the U.S. Census Bureau: I have been a career civil servant stretching over several d
@Tierney_Megan 3. Dillingham says in a blog post on Census Bureau's website that an unnamed Biden transition official asked him to continue serving as director "during & after the transition." Request's timing is not clear. I've reached out to the Biden team for comment.
census.gov/newsroom/blogs… My retirement plans have progressed over several weeks. My p
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NEW: The chair of @TheBlackCaucus, @RepBeatty (D-Ohio), is joining @RepDavids (D-Kan.) and the chairs of the @CAPAC and @HispanicCaucus in calling for Trump's Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham to resign for trying to rush out an inaccurate data report about noncitizens “I call for Director Dillingham's immediate resignation. I
@TheBlackCaucus @RepBeatty @RepDavids @CAPAC @HispanicCaucus 2. “In using the Census Bureau to carry out a political agenda, Dr. Steven Dillingham has made it clear that he cannot be trusted to lead the agency in producing accurate, fair, and quality data needed to inform the 2020 Census," Rep. @sharicedavids (D-Kan.) says “In using the Census Bureau to carry out a political agend
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16 Jan
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:
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15 Jan
BREAKING: Trump administration attorneys confirm to a federal judge that Census Bureau and the Commerce Department will not release the data needed for Trump to try to alter census apportionment counts before the end of his term, as first reported by @NPR
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@NPR 2. Justice Department attorneys & plaintiffs in the National Urban League-led lawsuit are asking U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh to put this suit over the Trump admin's census schedule changes on hold for 3 weeks to allow the incoming Biden admin to "assess" the case. Pursuant to Civil Local Rul...
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