AMERICANGREATNESS (AG News Staff) - Trump Administration Proposes Major Changes to 2030 Census Count
People who are in the country illegally lack the necessary ties to qualify as usual residents for apportionment purposes. Source
THEFEDERALIST (Shawn Fleetwood) - Calls Grow For Trump To Appoint Director To Ensure ‘Accurate’ 2030 Census
A growing number of state lawmakers are urging President Trump to appoint a Census director to ensure an “accurate” 2030 Census, even as the White House remains mum on the subject. Last week, 142 state Republican officials signed an open letter organized by the State Freedom Caucus Network asking the president to nominate a full-time […]
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Trump wants to make MAJOR CHANGES to the U.S. Census that could SHIFT Congress
The Financial Times’ Gillian Tett joins Morning Joe to discuss her latest piece, ‘Who Counts in Trump’s America.’ In it, Tett exposes the ‘technical reforms’ that the Trump administration is pushing to make ahead of the 2030 U.S. Census that could affect the accuracy of the data gathered in regards to race and gender. The Morning Joe panel breaks down how those changes could be felt beyond the census.
THEFEDERALIST (Shawn Fleetwood) - Exclusive: 142 State Lawmakers Urge Trump To Appoint Census Director To Ensure ‘Accurate’ 2030 Citizen Count
'Nominating a qualified Census Bureau director at this crucial time is an integral part of ensuring that the 2030 Census accurately fulfills its constitutional purpose.'
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Census Bureau plans 2030 count as 2020 lawsuit continues
The decisions being made now will determine how hundreds of millions of Americans are represented in Congress, how legislative districts are drawn in every state for the next decade, and how much federal funding flows to programs like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps.
REDSTATE (streiff) - Trump Administration Adds the Forbidden 'Citizenship Question' To the 2030 Census
AXIOS (Russell Contreras) - Trump officials push citizenship question in test survey for 2030 census
The Trump administration is moving forward with a field test of a citizenship question as part of early 2030 U.S. Census planning, raising fresh alarm that the question could make a comeback after being blocked in 2019. Why it matters: The change is part of a broader push to reshape how the U.S. counts its people, and reduce the practice of counting undocumented immigrants to determine congressional apportionment, Electoral College votes, and the distribution of $2.8 trillion in federal funds. - Any change that alters who gets counted can shift political power and resources across states. Driving the news: The plan that's part of a regulatory filing follows President Trump's August announcement that he had instructed the Commerce…
NPR (Hansi Lo Wang) - Trump officials propose testing a citizenship question amid a push to alter the census
The Trump administration proposes to include a question about U.S. citizenship status in this year's field test of the 2030 census, as Republicans push to alter the counts behind voting maps.
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.Open