Also available in Spanish. The Obama administration started multi-year research on approaches that would improve data on Latinos of all races, but the Trump administration dropped all efforts and went ahead with questions that will probably undercount...
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Census 2020
Tracking the politics of immigration reform and its intersection with human and civil rights
Congress checks in on Census Bureau readiness; Nonpartisan report finds hiring, partnership deals behind schedule
By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services In a Feb. 12 Capitol Hill hearing that stretched more than three hours, Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham updated the 2020 effort and fielded questions from the House of Representatives’ Oversight and Reform...
read moreWhat will the 2020 Census ask you? Here is a list of every question on the 2020 Census questionnaires
By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services We’ve had years of worry about the confidentiality of people’s census responses, what purposes those responses would be used for, plus the possibility – now abandoned – of being asked about citizenship status. With the...
read moreFight Over Public Charge Rule Change Isn’t Over; Advocates seek to calm fears
By Mark Hedin. Ethnic Media Services The fight over the Trump administration’s effort to change the “public charge” rule continues, advocates gathered on a teleconference call for ethnic media on Jan. 31 agreed, despite a Supreme Court ruling earlier in...
read moreKids face long-term inequities if census doesn’t count them this year – all the way through elementary school: Mayra Alvarez
Mayra Alvarez, president of Children's Partnership, warns of long-term effects that would result from an undercount of young children in the U.S. Census this year (photo by Pilar Marrero). Also available in Spanish. Leader of nonprofit that advocates for...
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