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Advancing Justice | AAJC Applauds Biden Executive Order
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Washington, D.C. — January 22, 2021 — President Biden signed an executive order calling for all persons in the country to be counted in state population numbers only hours into his term, rebuking the previous administration’s efforts to weaponize the census for political gain. The move rescinds the July 11, 2020 Presidential Memorandum which sought to exclude undocumented individuals in the apportionment count and Executive Order 13880, issued in July 2019 which sought the creation of a block-level citizen-voting age population dataset.
The undersigned urge President-elect Biden to rescind Executive Order 13380 (July 11, 2019) as soon as possible after he assumes office on January 20. We also urge the Biden Administration concomitantly to direct the Census Bureau to immediately cease all activities to create the block-level database of United States citizenship mandated by that Executive Order.
Leading National Organizations Call for Immediate Resignation of Census Bureau Director Dillingham
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Washington, D.C. – The co-chairs of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Census Task Force – Arturo Vargas, CEO of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund; John C. Yang, President and Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC; and Wade Henderson, Interim President and CEO of The Leadership Conference – issued the following statement calling for the immediate resignation of United States Census Bureau Director Dr. Steven Dillingham:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC Applauds Diversity of DOJ Nominations
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WASHINGTON, DC — President-elect Joe Biden is expected to announce Judge Merrick Garland for Attorney General, Lisa Monaco for Deputy Attorney General, Vanita Gupta for Associate Attorney General, and Kristen Clarke for Assistant Attorney General at an afternoon press conference.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC President and Executive Director, John C. Yang, issues the following statement to applaud the selection of Gupta and Clarke as part of the proposed new leadership at U.S. Department of Justice.
Podcast Series, Count On Your Census, Comes Back for Season 2 With Former Census Bureau Director John Thompson
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Washington, D.C. — Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice) launches season 2 of its podcast, Count On Your Census: Money, Power, and Democracy, to discuss how census data is a fundamental part of our democracy – creating a picture of who we are as Americans, how federal funds are allocated, and how political representation is determined. The podcast is produced by Podcast Village and hosted by Anne Pasmanick, host of another podcast titled Power Station.
Supreme Court Delivers Disappointing Ruling on Census Deadlines
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Washington, DC — October 13, 2020 — The U.S. Supreme Court is staying an order made by lower courts late last month to continue Census 2020 operations through October 31. The decision today allows the Trump administration to end census enumeration and proceed with a December 31 delivery of apportionment data – an action highly contested by civil and human rights organizations because rushing these operations is likely to result in an inaccurate count for vulnerable communities.
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS ASK COURT TO BLOCK TRUMP’S PLAN TO END CENSUS COUNT EARLY
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(Greenbelt, MD) – Civil rights groups asked a federal court on Monday to prevent the Trump administration from ending the 2020 Census count more than a month early.
Advancing Justice - AAJC and MALDEF asked a federal court to prevent the Trump Administration from ending the 2020 Census count more than a month early. Download the Temporary Restraining Order to read more.
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS EXPAND LAWSUIT CHALLENGING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S ATTACK ON CENSUS
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(Greenbelt, MD) – Civil rights groups are expanding an ongoing 2019 federal lawsuit to include claims against the Trump administration’s unprecedented attempt to cut short the 2020 Census and to exclude some individuals from the data used for apportionment.
Advancing Justice - AAJC and MALDEF File Second Amended Complaint in Census Lawsuit
Since at least 2017, Defendants have sought, through a series of policy changes, to deprive Latinos, Asian Americans and immigrants of political representation by manipulating the manner in which Census Bureau data is collected and used. To that end, Defendants have brazenly—and repeatedly—violated fundamental Constitutional commands requiring that all