Former Census directors warn the directive could result in flawed count.
pandemic, the bureau suspended many of its survey operations and asked for a four-month extension to deliver the data to the president.
Rep. Jimmy Gomez , the committee’s vice chair, asked Dillingham if he had discussed the extension with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , and Dillingham said he had not. In addition to congressional apportionment, data from the 2020 Census will be used to determine state redistricting and $1.5 trillion a year in federal funding.Last week’s memo prompted immediate lawsuits from several organizations, including one in Washington by the government watchdog group Common Cause and one in New York by the American Civil Liberties Union.
Prewitt added that he was “very worried” that the bureau will not be able to produce an accurate count by the December deadline.Trump’s memorandum could also affect lawsuits already underway, including one led by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund in Greenbelt, Md., challenging an order for agencies to share citizenship data with the Census Bureau, which the president announced last year after the Supreme Court blocked the citizenship question.
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