The Trump administration 2020 Census undercounted minorities

Of course, they did. Trump made everything political and tried to punish anyone who opposed him. This helped his white nationalist base.

We knew, who’s going to fix it? https://t.co/K4wCQC5zNO
— Progressive Push (@progressivepush) March 11, 2022

Remember back during the dark times when the previous administration* worked so hard to ratfck the 2020 census? https://t.co/3RS1rBFqxb
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) March 10, 2022

This seems like a good time to remind people that I said SIX MONTHS AGO that using the broken Census, which was biased against black and brown people ON PURPOSE, was a racist idea that Democrats should fight to the last.https://t.co/fNT2OWNDNx
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) March 10, 2022

The 2020 Census missed counting Hispanics, Blacks and other minority groups and overcounted Whites and Asians, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. https://t.co/scShwPBA2W
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 11, 2022

THIS. WAS. THE. TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION'S. PLAN. https://t.co/iTV1TIlXO6
— Eric Klinenberg (@EricKlinenberg) March 10, 2022

BREAKING: 14 state populations were significantly miscounted in 2020, the Census Bureau said — a revelation that comes after the numbers were already used to divvy up House seats for the next decade.https://t.co/w2fKTPwI2s
— NPR (@NPR) May 19, 2022

New information on the Trump administration’s efforts to influence the 2020 census

Everything was political to Trump and his cronies.

A newly disclosed memo circulated among top census officials cites "unprecedented" interference by the Trump administration in the 2020 count, including political pressure on a crash program seeking to identify and count unauthorized immigrants. https://t.co/2lvYdMD0gL
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 15, 2022

and there’s this

Local leaders worry inaccurate census figures caused by Covid could cost their jurisdictions their share of the $1.5 trillion the federal government distributes annually based on census numbers. https://t.co/mKSkAqvTx4
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 16, 2022

Trump plan to not count undocumented immigrants fails

BREAKING: Trump's Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham is stepping down on Jan. 20, months before the end of his term, after whistleblowers complained he was pushing for "statistically indefensible" data.

My report (confirming @Tierney_Megan scoop):https://t.co/lEbwWPTNsX
— Hansi Lo Wang (@hansilowang) January 18, 2021

Trump plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from census totals used to apportion congressional seats is officially dead
Census Bureau announced today that data on apportionment & undocumented population would not be released until after Biden is sworn in https://t.co/ANauKSnPL0
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) January 17, 2021

After trying for all four of its years in office to keep undocumented immigrants from being counted in the 2020 census, and two SCt rulings along the way, the Trump team gives up, leaving it to Biden team to scuttle that plan. Full details at https://t.co/IpKqBOueXw
— Lyle Denniston (@lylden) January 16, 2021

A scheme to strip congressional seats from diverse states has ended with a whimper, the Justice Department admitted. https://t.co/f6Kkpb9C2P
— Slate (@Slate) January 15, 2021

VICTORY: The Trump administration is abandoning its unconstitutional plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count used to determine seats in Congress. https://t.co/3JxeC5C0C6
— ACLU (@ACLU) January 13, 2021

Today the Supreme Court hears arguments in the challenge to President Trump’s attempt to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count – a move that would have a tremendous impact on reapportionment and federal funding. #SCOTUS
— Kimberly Atkins (@KimberlyEAtkins) November 30, 2020

Trump census scam fails

EXCLUSIVE: The Census Bureau has stopped trying to produce a count of unauthorized immigrants that President Trump requested to alter the census numbers used for reallocating congressional seats & Electoral College votes among the states, @NPR has learnedhttps://t.co/0XoC1gDwTa
— Hansi Lo Wang (@hansilowang) January 13, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration attorney says numbers used for divvying up congressional seats won't be ready until February.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 4, 2021

Census Will Miss Deadline For Apportionment Data, Potentially Scuttling GOP Power Grab | By Mike Schneider https://t.co/zf4IfvsBDe
— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) December 31, 2020

The Trump admin violates federal law today as Commerce fails to deliver census results to POTUS on time.

But WORSE is that Trump will then rush to try violating the Constitution by apportioning House seats by 1/20 while excluding undocumented immigrants. https://t.co/0Pw0wBm3sX
— Joshua A. Geltzer (@jgeltzer) December 31, 2020

Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan https://t.co/3W273Z2fB5
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) December 31, 2020

New: Commerce Dept IG says Census Bureau cut corners with quality control, calling into question results for “more than 500,000” households.

IG cited compressed time schedule after Trump admin truncated 2020 census in apparent effort to exclude some undocumented immigrants
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 30, 2020

An important point that kinda got lost in the post-election craziness: the likelihood the Census won't have apportionment counts ready until at least Jan. 26 negates any opportunity for the Trump admin to alter data (remove undocumented residents, etc.) https://t.co/RmxB8Hixfg
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) December 16, 2020

Opinion: The 2020 Census has faced unprecedented challenges. The deadline must be moved. https://t.co/taeQfBdfg3
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 1, 2020

Today the Supreme Court hears arguments in the challenge to President Trump’s attempt to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count – a move that would have a tremendous impact on reapportionment and federal funding. #SCOTUS
— Kimberly Atkins (@KimberlyEAtkins) November 30, 2020

A Census Bureau advisory panel issues recommendations on differential privacy, quality metrics and other important topics related to the 2020 census https://t.co/oL0JAsgi1z
— All Things Census (@allthingscensus) March 20, 2021

Ross will defy judge’s order on the census

Law and order only applies when they like it.

Republicans perceive so much political advantage to deliberately screwing up the census that they are willing to create an executive branch nullification precedent at a time when they control the judiciary but are on the verge of losing the presidency. https://t.co/8S5z7kvCzS
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) September 29, 2020

Absorb this news and ask yourself if the “guardrails” are working: https://t.co/AzvgV9GbvT
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) September 28, 2020

New: internal #2020census documents show the agency chose the Oct. 5 deadline that would allow it to deliver census results by the end of the year — a deadline Judge Lucy Koh said last week likely violated administrative law. More coming in @CQnow
— Michael Macagnone (@mikemacagnone) September 29, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Commerce secretary says 2020 U.S. census will end Oct. 5, despite judge ordering it to continue to end of October
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) September 28, 2020

Census update 10/5/20

Two Huge Questions Loom as 2020 Census Winds Down | New York Times https://t.co/Z0rPMOTgY4 via @nytimes
— Todd Gardner (@PopGeog) October 12, 2020

NEW: Court blocks Census counting from ending on Monday, and orders it to continue until October 31.
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) October 2, 2020

NEW: Census Bureau staff have briefed the commerce secretary on producing estimates of the unauthorized immigrant population "on more than one occasion" since Trump issued executive order on citizenship data in July 2019, according to an internal documenthttps://t.co/spHPxx5uzW pic.twitter.com/wcFxZOspea
— Hansi Lo Wang • 2️⃣6️⃣? DAYS (@hansilowang) October 5, 2020

A federal judge accuses the Trump administration of violating a court order that would give the Census Bureau more time for its 10-year nationwide count. https://t.co/8M96uebJzY
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 30, 2020

NEW: Emails show career officials at the Census Bureau tried to warn the Trump admin that cutting the #2020Census schedule short would lead to "fatal data quality flaws that are unacceptable" and risked the perception of "politically-manipulated results."https://t.co/gp2TIWDR82
— Hansi Lo Wang • 3️⃣5️⃣? DAYS (@hansilowang) September 21, 2020

A pandemic and politics are interfering with the 2020 census. Here's why that's a big deal https://t.co/fs2iWhy6Ug pic.twitter.com/D2Sfp0UaUj
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 16, 2020

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge chastised government attorneys Monday for failing to produce documents that showed how the U.S. Census Bureau made its decision to cut short by a month the head count of every U.S. resident.https://t.co/uLaPnXmGjw
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) September 15, 2020

Only about 66% of households have so far self-responded to the census, with only a few weeks remaining to compile data that illustrates the racial makeup of America and helps determine the distribution of $1.5T in federal aid, Census Bureau says. https://t.co/GsrLgSYlZW
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 14, 2020

“The Trump administration has, time & again, used its executive power to try to keep & maintain political power.”

Bravo to @nytopinion for calling out Trump’s relentless politicization of the 2020 Census for what it is: a lawless attempt to grab power. https://t.co/4R7t4SjajS
— Joshua A. Geltzer (@jgeltzer) September 13, 2020

Trump loses a census and redistricting related case

Great job by the court

BREAKING: Federal judges rule that President Trump’s order to exclude people who are in the U.S. illegally when redrawing congressional districts violates the law. https://t.co/8iM9VyVjdj
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 10, 2020

JUST IN:

3-judge federal court in NY rules that Trump's recent census memo excluding undocumented immigrants from congressional apportionment count is UNLAWFUL.

A major win for a lawful 2020 Census! And yet another big loss in court for Trump.
— Joshua A. Geltzer (@jgeltzer) September 10, 2020

#BREAKING: In a major victory, the courts have ruled President Trump cannot exclude undocumented immigrants from congressional apportionment in the #2020Census.

No one ceases to be a person because they lack documentation, period. https://t.co/fUNsfM4e63
— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) September 10, 2020

A federal court rejected President Trump’s order to exclude unauthorized immigrants from census figures, which are used to allot House seats. https://t.co/K1ab4FLSCU
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 10, 2020

2020 Census update

Trump has politicized it.

BREAKING: A federal judge in California has ordered the Census Bureau to stop winding down in-person counting efforts for the #2020Census until court hearing is held on 9/17 in lawsuit by National Urban League-led coalition pushing for more time to count.https://t.co/6Ho5hxUmon
— Hansi Lo Wang • 2️⃣3️⃣? DAYS (@hansilowang) September 6, 2020

The 2020 census is fighting a losing battle against the coronavirus and President Trump. NPR’s @hansilowang explains how a decade of money and power are at stake.

Listen to @today_explained: https://t.co/rYwKCknzVX
— Vox (@voxdotcom) September 5, 2020

Trump administration says legal challenges to excluding undocumented immigrants from census are premature https://t.co/VtCmKSnMVY pic.twitter.com/Y5DeT6M1S3
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 3, 2020

On 7/29, Wilbur Ross's top aide asked the Census Bureau to come with a plan to rush the 2020 count. Here's that plan, presented to Ross on 9/3 and given to Congress by a whistleblower. It warns of a risk of "serious errors" in the data's accuracy https://t.co/Wix41Jn1sN pic.twitter.com/UTkTtVSiCf
— Tierney Sneed (@Tierney_Megan) September 2, 2020

The shortened schedule for the 2020 census increases the risk of "serious errors" in the results, according to an internal Census Bureau document obtained by the House Oversight and Reform Committee. https://t.co/zemOErbSbd
— NPR (@NPR) September 2, 2020

NEW: The Census Bureau is ending #2020Census door knocking in some parts of the U.S. even earlier than expected — on Sept. 18 in San Diego area, possibly within next 2 weeks in Minneapolis area — and that may further hurt public confidence in the count.https://t.co/xmDPHeCPig
— Hansi Lo Wang • 2️⃣7️⃣ DAYS (@hansilowang) September 1, 2020

Well this is a disaster. Two Trump judges on Trump's latest attempt to rig the census. https://t.co/ApBc9GFzWu
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) August 25, 2020

Doubts about the 2020 census

With 5 weeks to go, statisticians are worried that the 2020 US census may be a disaster. Here are their suggestions for how to avoid a serious undercount. https://t.co/XrRFErDBPa
— Jeffrey Mervis (@jeffmervis) August 24, 2020

“'If the current situation holds, I do not expect a census of the quality that the Census Bureau will even want to release the data,' said the official who oversaw the 2000 census…"https://t.co/8hOBu8rZl2
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) August 24, 2020

The 2020 census is short by about 80,000 field workers, people who knock on the doors of households that have not responded to the survey, the Commerce Department inspector general says https://t.co/impyRp1ui6 pic.twitter.com/FvbZ9D7Hyd
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 21, 2020

A coalition of groups, including those representing Blacks and women, filed what is at least the seventh lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's handling of the 2020 census this summer https://t.co/upo7zI4oRf
— CNN (@CNN) August 19, 2020

Inspector general asked to review Census Bureau’s decision to end count early https://t.co/JQevLYgS65
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 12, 2020

The census count is about money and power. Now, abrupt changes to the Census deadline by the Trump admin will likely lead to an undercount of Black and Latino communities. Latest w/ @KunkleFredrick https://t.co/QhrmbmIIdO
— Jose A. Del Real (@jdelreal) August 9, 2020

I just filed a motion to halt President Trump's efforts to illegally leave millions of undocumented immigrants out of the congressional apportionment in the #2020Census.

I will take every legal action available to ensure all communities are properly represented in Congress.
— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) August 7, 2020

“It’s an attempt at political beheading of the Latino vote,” said national @LULAC president Domingo Garcia. “It just reeks of political opportunism.”

Cutting census counting a month short could suppress the vote of minority communities across the US: https://t.co/NSLucr0dn4
— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 7, 2020

“This is more nefarious than people realize,” Stacey Abrams says of the census count finishing early. “Do not let them end the census early. Make them do their jobs so we have an accurate census and an accurate count of America.”https://t.co/NVmqfqVcJw
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 7, 2020

This violates the Fourteenth Amendment, which requires all “persons” to be counted. https://t.co/qTNbZ3KZX2
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 21, 2020

This move by #Trump to change to the CONSTITUTIONALLY mandated count of EVERY person in the USA! WOW! The exclusion of unauthorized immigrants from the numbers used to divide up seats in Congress seems HIGHLY illegal. Especially given the #SCOTUS ruling. Just. Wow. #Census2020
— @tiffanydcross (@TiffanyDCross) July 21, 2020

With a month left, a judge is asked to give the 2020 census more time https://t.co/kD0rG7cTn5 pic.twitter.com/XEitjqQ8rv
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 25, 2020

Trump’s bigoted attack on the 2020 Census

This will undercount minorities. That means they will get less representation and federal funding. Two things going on here:

stopping counts early
not counted undocumented people

NEW: Sharing my ⁦⁦@washingtonpost⁩ oped on how the Trump administration is once again trying to sabotage the census to advance its anti-immigrant agenda & silence communities of color – for partisan gain. We can’t let it. Too much is at stake. https://t.co/eMuwWwoi2P
— Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR) August 4, 2020

The Census Bureau announced that field data collection will end a full month earlier than originally planned https://t.co/xjedXcefI0
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 4, 2020

And will Rs in TX FL AZ GA, states that would be hurt overall by #census cutoff, stand up for their state or the party’s overall desire to minimize minority count? @JohnCornyn @GregAbbott_TX @dougducey @SenMcSallyAZ etc? https://t.co/RWDA4KjCpg
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) August 4, 2020

Same reason the post office is being starved – because the Trump administration believes it will benefit them & other Republicans by marginalizing people of color. Every possible government function is being racially weaponized-w/the consent & participation of the GOP Congress https://t.co/gYYVLJUQdg
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) August 4, 2020

SCOOP: @NPR has confirmed the Census Bureau is cutting #2020Census door knocking at unresponsive homes a month short, ending on Sept. 30, amid growing concerns that the White House is pressuring the bureau to stop counting soon for political gain.https://t.co/sRxXbGQXOs
— Hansi Lo Wang • 5️⃣7️⃣ DAYS (@hansilowang) July 31, 2020

Census Director Dillingham yesterday declined to join the political fight over Trump's memo on excluding undocumented residents. But his silence before Congress doesn't remove the dark political clouds hanging over the 2020 census and the agency he leads https://t.co/cIPmrwCL7m
— Jeffrey Mervis (@jeffmervis) July 30, 2020

Census director says he was unaware of Trump's memo that aims to bar undocumented immigrants from being included in the census for purposes of deciding how many members of Congress are apportioned to each state until it was public and that bureau did not provide any input > https://t.co/bz4AmMdzOC
— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) July 29, 2020

Perspective: Trump’s push to skew the census builds on a long history of politicizing the count https://t.co/qucCscgBuk
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 26, 2020

A intentional, hidden detail of Trump's (almost certainly unconstitutional) effort to keep undocumented immigrants from being used to reapportion House seats? Shifting more of those seats and more electoral votes to the GOP. https://t.co/dYno3gVSxj
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 22, 2020

It has been an exhausting four years for civil rights lawyers, but a challenge to Trump’s latest assault on the law will be an easy victory. Constitution requires census to count “persons,” not “citizens.” https://t.co/woeEKQhEbs
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) July 22, 2020

No question. Sec.2 of the 14th Amendment says:

“Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons . . .”

Get it, Trump? “THE WHOLE NUMBER OF PERSONS.”

Not MINUS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS! https://t.co/0YDskXRiJQ
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 21, 2020

Trump's order on apportionment could shift a few House seats from some states to others, potentially helping Republicans, but it will almost certainly wind up challenged in court. @katierogers https://t.co/XHeMotADuE
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 21, 2020

President Trump signed a memorandum today that seeks to ban immigrants in the U.S. illegally from the census and, as a result, exclude them from the process that determines how many members of Congress are allocated to each state https://t.co/ZjdrmGbsxw
— POLITICO (@politico) July 21, 2020

And just as a reminder, in 1920 Congress did not accept the apportionment numbers presented to them by the White House https://t.co/C2QVLYahJd
— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) July 21, 2020