Tag: Census Bureau

President Trump attends a meeting.

Trump’s fight for citizenship question on census not over

Daniel Chaitin · July 3, 2019 10:47 pm

Young demonstrators gather at the Supreme Court as the justices finish the term with key decisions on gerrymandering and a census case involving an attempt by the Trump administration to ask everyone about their citizenship status in the 2020 census, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 27, 2019.

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Trump administration caved too quickly on census citizen query

Quin Hillyer · July 3, 2019 3:45 pm

Trump administration drops citizenship question from 2020 census

Zach Halaschak · July 3, 2019 12:41 am

A group of Central American refugees and asylum seekers, led by the non-profit humanitarian organization Pueblos Sin Fronteras (People Without Borders), stand in line to board a public bus in the town of Santiago Niltepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico, on Saturday, March 31, 2018.

Census: New immigrants getting older, become a ‘fiscal drain’ on US

Paul Bedard · July 2, 2019 1:53 pm

Migrant families cross the Rio Grande to get illegally across the border into the United States, to turn themselves in to authorities and ask for asylum, next to the Paso del Norte international bridge, near El Paso, Texas.

Census: Average illegal immigrant has lived in US for 15 years, longest on record

Paul Bedard · June 12, 2019 7:55 pm

Immigration activists rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments over the Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census, in Washington, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Critics say the citizenship question on the census will inhibit responses from immigrant-heavy communities that are worried the information will be used to target them for possible deportation.

New evidence suggests Trump officials hid GOP motive for census query on citizenship

Melissa Quinn · May 30, 2019 8:10 pm

Container ships are unloaded at the Port of Oakland on Monday, July 2, 2018, in Oakland, Calif.

US trade deficit rises to $71 billion

Sean Higgins · May 3, 2019 12:44 pm

This March 23, 2018 file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a resident in Providence, R.I., as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. A Trump administration plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census has prompted legal challenges from many Democratic-led states.

Are you a citizen? It’s a legitimate census question

Edward Blum · April 25, 2019 4:24 am

Trump administration’s addition of citizenship question to census to be tested at Supreme Court

Melissa Quinn · April 23, 2019 12:00 am

Sara Fitzgerald, left, and Michael Martin, both with the group One Virginia, protest gerrymandering in front of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in Washington where the court will hear arguments on a gerrymandering case.

Pending Supreme Court ruling in Virginia gerrymandering case could delay primaries

Melissa Quinn · April 15, 2019 3:22 pm

Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-Mo., speaks during a church service at Wellspring Church in Ferguson, Mo.

House Democrat: Trump trying to suppress minority vote with census citizenship question

Paul Conner · March 14, 2019 7:03 pm

Second federal judge blocks Trump administration's citizenship question

Melissa Quinn · March 6, 2019 7:25 pm