From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org):
Last month, the Supreme Court suspended the administration’s ability to add a citizenship question to the survey, calling their reason for including it “contrived.” But showing no concern for the rule of law, the administration initially refused to back down — scrambling to find a way to put the question back in.
The administration has confirmed that a dangerous question on citizenship status won’t appear on the 2020 Census — but the upcoming count could still be in danger.
We must make sure the 2020 Census is FULLY funded — or hard-to-count communities will lose representation in government and access to vital resources. Tell your representatives at https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/census-2020-we-will-be-counted!
After a week of confusion and contradiction within the administration, it finally dropped this efforts. This is a huge win for our democracy — but without proper funding and manpower, the 2020 Census may still be in jeopardy.
The Census is constitutionally required to count every person living in the United States. But if it’s underfunded, we risk an undercount — cutting millions out of political representation and jeopardizing the very foundation of our democracy.
Though the threat of a citizenship question has been eliminated, driving down Census response rates for immigrants and communities of color remains a priority for the far right. If they’re successful, it’ll mean less federal funding and less representation in Congress for millions of people not to mention less money for public schools and services.
The stakes are too high not to speak out. We must get the 2020 Census right — which means public officials must make sure it’s fully funded.
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