update 11//28/18
The Trump administration's attempt to rig the 2020 census is one of the greatest threats to democracy in the United States.
Evidence at a federal court trial exposed their charade. https://t.co/pET7bA2dbF
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 28, 2018
More lies from the Trump administration:
Trump's census citizenship question is an attack on immigrant communities. If successful, it will impact ALL of us for the next decade.
At stake:
📝 Congressional representation
📝 Accuracy of data for drawing districts
📝 How billions in funds are spenthttps://t.co/OSrk0QNvJ2— ACLU (@ACLU) November 9, 2018
What to know about the citizenship question @uscensusbureau is planning to ask in the #2020census https://t.co/3gbf0HSqpc
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) November 5, 2018
Commerce Sec Wilbur Ross said in sworn testimony that Justice Dept requested citizenship question on 2020 Census. Docs show it was the other around – with cameos by Steve Bannon and Kris Kobach. https://t.co/WF7Pa35jgh
— Beth Reinhard (@bethreinhard) November 6, 2018
Wilbur Ross lied when said census citizenship question needed to enforce Voting Rights Act
Head of DOJ civil rights division said "not necessary" to enforce VRA & ordered by Sessions not to meet with Census Bureau. Smoking gun evidence as trial beginshttps://t.co/ntK72oZK7Q
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 5, 2018
Re-upping this. Today marks day one of a very important @newyorkstateAG and @aclu trial in NY about the Trump admin’s quest to add a citizenship question to the census. In this NYT editorial, I explain what’s behind it. https://t.co/dA1NuBofEp
— Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR) November 5, 2018
Regular reminder that, just because Trump hates Sessions, that does NOT mean that Sessions is an acceptable Attorney General…. https://t.co/kD8NUa2LLz
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) October 27, 2018
Opinion: Is the Supreme Court helping the GOP put yet another thumb on the political scale? https://t.co/GPghtaFiHl
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 23, 2018
The Justice Department is set to defend the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census as a trial over the issue opens in federal court in New York https://t.co/C7g9JAh53t pic.twitter.com/oNU7caK0Cz
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 5, 2018
REMINDER: The 2020 census will determine how many representatives each state has in Congress.
Today's the first day of our trial to stop the citizenship question, the damage of which could last until 2030.https://t.co/bw6qelwkMY
— ACLU đź—ł (@ACLU) November 5, 2018
“the citizenship question could depress responses from noncitizens btwn 5.1% & 11.9% an estimate she called conservative given the widespread fears among immigrants that the Trump admin will use the question 2 deport undocumented immigrants”#causeascenehttps://t.co/iV2tZeRoZa pic.twitter.com/LGOaITs9rT
— Kim Crayton 🏢 💻🎙 (@KimCrayton1) November 27, 2018