NPR (Hansi Lo Wang) - A major census test faces cutbacks — with postal workers tapped to help count
The Trump administration has shrunk the number of locations for this year's field test of the 2030 census and added plans to test replacing temporary census workers with U.S. Postal Service staff.
AI:The Trump administration is implementing significant changes to the upcoming 2030 Census field tests, including reducing the number of operational locations and proposing a plan to utilize U.S. Postal Service staff instead of temporary census workers. This move toward efficiency comes amid ongoing efforts by various states to address illegal alien inclusion in population counts and ensure electoral integrity through more rigorous oversight of data collection processes.
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