National Biden To End Trump Census Policy, Ensuring All Persons Living In U.S. Are Counted President-elect Joe Biden is set to reverse Trump's policy of excluding unauthorized immigrants from a key count that the Constitution says must include the "whole number of persons in each state." Hansi Lo Wang
Politics Census Bureau Stops Work On Trump's Request For Unauthorized Immigrant Count The Census Bureau has stopped trying to produce a count of unauthorized immigrants, ending the agency's role in Trump's bid to alter census numbers used for reallocating House seats, NPR has learned. Hansi Lo Wang
National Trump's Census Director Is Trying To Rush Out Data On Noncitizens, Watchdog Says Whistleblowers told the Census Bureau's watchdog that Director Steven Dillingham's pushing them to make a report that would be "statistically indefensible" and could "tarnish" the bureau's reputation. Hansi Lo Wang
National Trump's Census Plan In Peril As Bureau Expects February Release Of Count Results The Census Bureau has fallen further behind schedule in running quality checks on the 2020 census after uncovering more irregularities in the records, jeopardizing Trump's bid to alter a key count. Hansi Lo Wang
National Supreme Court Punts In Census Case, Giving Trump A Chance To Alter Numbers The opinion said the case was "riddled with contingencies and speculation that impede judicial review." The president has been seeking to use a count that does not include undocumented immigrants. Nina Totenberg Hansi Lo Wang
Politics Census Estimates U.S. Population As High As 336 Million Ahead Of Actual Count The Census Bureau has yet to release the 2020 census results, which are undergoing quality checks. Based on government records, it estimates the population has grown by as much as 8.7% since 2010. Hansi Lo Wang
Politics Leaked Files Show Trump's Ability To Alter Census May Come Down To The Wire The Census Bureau may not be able to finish putting together a key census count before President Trump's term ends, internal documents obtained by the House Oversight Committee confirm. Hansi Lo Wang
National 'Anomalies' Found In Census Could Thwart Trump's Bid To Alter Electoral College The Census Bureau has found routine irregularities in the 2020 census that require more quality checks, throwing into question whether Trump can receive a key set of numbers before his term ends. Hansi Lo Wang
National Biden Wants Census To See 'Invisible' Groups: LGBTQ, Middle Eastern, North African The Biden-Harris administration is poised to revive proposals that could change how LGBTQ people and people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa can identify themselves for the next census. Hansi Lo Wang
National 2nd Court Blocks Trump's Push To Alter Census Ahead Of Supreme Court Review A federal court in California says it is unconstitutional for President Trump to try to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the census numbers that determine each state's share of seats in Congress. Hansi Lo Wang
