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Asian Americans Advancing Justice Vow to Fight Trump’s Latest Effort To Block Undocumented Immigrants from Fair Representation
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Washington, D.C. (July 21, 2020) — In an unbelievable and unconstitutional move, President Trump today issued a Presidential Memorandum requiring the U.S. Census Bureau to exclude undocumented individuals from the count that is used for reapportioning Congressional seats.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five independent Asian American civil rights organizations, issues the following statement:
Advancing Justice – AAJC Calls Latest Trump Census Move Unconstitutional
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Washington, DC — July 21, 2020 — In his latest move regarding the 2020 Census, President Trump has issued a Presidential Memorandum requiring the U.S. Census Bureau to exclude undocumented individuals in the apportionment count.
As news broke of this Presidential Memorandum, Advancing Justice – AAJC issued the following statement:
Advocates Call for Expanded 2020 Census COVID-19 Safety Measures
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Advocates are calling for expanded measures to better protect the public and census workers, following the U.S. Census Bureau’s news briefing today on changes made to field operations due to COVID-19.
Advancing Justice | AAJC Statement in Response to Census Bureau Altered Timeline for 2020 Census
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Washington, D.C. — April 13, 2020 — The U.S. Census Bureau announced today a dramatically altered timeline for the 2020 Census amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Considering the new developments, Advancing Justice | AAJC calls for the Census Bureau to provide detailed plans about how they will ensure the 2020 Census achieves an accurate count of hard-to-count communities during a delayed and significantly altered non-response follow-up period.
Civil Rights Groups Get Out the Count with Asian Americans Amid COVID-19 Quarantine
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Washington, D.C. – Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five Asian American civil rights organizations, is pushing for an accurate count of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities amid the disruption to census activities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The groups have turned their efforts to a more digital strategy, using PSAs, viral videos, and social media to entice individuals to fill out the 2020 Census.
275+ Civil Rights Watchdogs Pledge To Help Ensure Census Data Protections Are Upheld
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The Census Bureau is ramping up recruiting in a push to hire up to half a million temporary workers for this year's count.
Census Director Steven Dillingham said this week that his agency is hoping hundreds of thousands more people will submit applications. So far, about 2.4 million have applied.
"We would still like to get to 2.67 million (applications)," Dillingham told reporters Tuesday. "We're confident we'll do it, and we'll do it in short order."