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Trump Orders Agencies To Share Data On Noncitizens
Posted on · The administration has been in a legal fight for more than a year to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. It has been blocked by the Supreme Court for now.
National
Trump Administration To Print 2020 Census Without Citizenship Question
Posted on · The move comes shortly after the Supreme Court ruled to keep the question off census forms for now.
National
Supreme Court Leaves Citizenship Question Blocked For Now From 2020 Census
Posted on · The decision comes more than a year after the Trump administration announced plans to include on forms for the national head count the question, "Is this person a citizen of the United States?"
National
2020 Census Could Lead To Worst Undercount Of Black, Latinx People In 30 Years
Posted on · Public debate over a potential citizenship question and immigration enforcement, combined with the census going online, threatens an accurate head count, according to research by the Urban Institute.
National
A Decade Of Implications At Stake, Supreme Court Hears Census Citizenship Question
Posted on · The justices are weighing whether the Trump administration can include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. A decision is expected this summer, when printing of the census forms is set to begin.
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Supreme Court To Decide Whether 2020 Census Will Include Citizenship Question
Posted on · The high court agreed to a speedy review of a lower court's ruling that stopped Trump administration plans to use the census to ask whether every person living in the country is a U.S. citizen.
National
Judge Orders Trump Administration To Remove 2020 Census Citizenship Question
Posted on · A federal judge in New York has issued the first ruling out of multiple lawsuits over a question about U.S. citizenship status. The ruling is expected to be appealed all the way to the Supreme Court.
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Citizenship Question Controversy Complicating Census 2020 Work, Bureau Director Says
Posted on · Facing multiple lawsuits over addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census, the U.S. Census Bureau head tells NPR a long legal fight could raise the head count's cost and risk a bad count.
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Documents Shed Light On Decision To Add Census Citizenship Question
Posted on · Emails and memos show Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross overruled Census Bureau concerns and was urged to exclude noncitizens from census numbers used to reallocate congressional seats.
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More Than 20 Cities And States Sue Government Over Census Questions
Posted on · The new lawsuit comes more than a week after California filed a similar lawsuit in San Francisco federal court against Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Census Bureau officials
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2020 Census Will Ask White People More About Their Ethnicities
Posted on · The Census Bureau says people who mark "White" for their race will be asked to write in their origins in countries such as Ireland. Some white people say they're not sure how to answer that question
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2020 Census To Keep Racial, Ethnic Categories Used In 2010
Posted on · Census experts say the announcement about the 2020 national headcount suggests the Trump administration will not approve Obama-era proposals to change how the government asks about race and ethnicity
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Latino Identity Fades As Immigrant Ties Weaken, Study Finds
Posted on · About one in 10 adults with Hispanic ancestors do not identify as Hispanic or Latino, according to a Pew Research Center study. This trend could slow the growth of the Latino population
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2020 Census May Ask White People To Get Specific About Their Ethnicity
Posted on · White people in the U.S. may be asked to check off boxes about their ethnic background if the White House approves a proposal to change how the government collects race and ethnicity data.
Houston Matters
A House’s Flood History Can Be Hard To Find
Posted on · If you're looking to buy a home in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, finding out if it's been flooded can require some detective work. NPR's Hansi Lo Wang tells Houston Matters what he found on a recent trip here.