NPR

Push For A Full 2020 Count Ramps Up After Census Citizenship Question Fight

Immigrant advocacy groups are trying to encourage noncitizens to take part in the national head count while many remain skeptical after the Trump administration's failed citizenship question push.
"It's time to get to work to make sure everyone participates in the census," says Yatziri Tovar, a spokesperson for Make the Road New York, an immigrant rights organization based in New York City that successfully sued to block Trump administration plans for a citizenship question.

With the legal fight to block a citizenship question from the 2020 census behind them, immigrant rights groups and other advocates are now turning towards what they consider an even greater challenge – getting every person living in the U.S. counted.

Activists are trying to soften ground hardened by a more than year-long legal battle through community meetings and street outreach in these final months before the constitutionally mandated head count of U.S. residents begins. Thecensus is set to officially begin in January in remote

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from NPR

NPR4 min read
What Took Him So Long? Colin Finally Likes Penelope Back In 'Bridgerton' Season 3
Bridgerton is many things — successful, uneven, entertaining — but it is, critically, obedient to the requirements of particular romance tropes. In the first season, when Daphne married Simon, that was a "fake relationship." In the second season, whe
NPR4 min readInternational Relations
U.S. Military Says Aid Is Now Being Delivered Into Gaza Over A Floating Pier
The shipment is the first in an operation that U.S. military officials anticipate could scale up to 150 truckloads a day entering the Gaza Strip as Israel presses in on the southern city of Rafah.
NPR3 min readCrime & Violence
Scottie Scheffler Is Arrested Outside PGA Championship After Interaction With Police
Scheffler, who won the Masters last month, was arrested and charged after an interaction Friday morning with a police officer directing traffic into to the golf club where the PGA event is being held.

Related Books & Audiobooks