老澳门开奖结果 Comment on Biden Revocation of Trump Anti-Immigrant Census Policy

January 20, 2021 12:15 pm

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NEW YORK 鈥 President Biden has reportedly rescinded a Trump administration order that sought to illegally exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count used to apportion seats in the House of Representatives and votes in the Electoral College.

The 老澳门开奖结果 argued two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the Trump administration鈥檚 discriminatory census policies: It successfully challenged the administration鈥檚 attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census questionnaire, and argued a case last year regarding the administration鈥檚 attempt to exclude undocumented immigrants from the population count used for congressional apportionment.

The latter case was brought by the 老澳门开奖结果, NYCLU, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California, and the law firm Arnold & Porter, on behalf of a coalition of immigrant rights groups, including the New York Immigration Coalition, Make the Road New York, the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, CASA, FIEL Houston, and AHRI for Justice.

Dale Ho, director of the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Voting Rights Project, argued the Supreme Court census challenges and had the following reaction to today鈥檚 policy rescission:

"President Biden鈥檚 swift action today finally closes the book on the Trump administration鈥檚 attempts to manipulate the census for political gain.

鈥淭he Constitution couldn鈥檛 be clearer 鈥 everyone in America counts. By rescinding Trump鈥檚 anti-immigrant census policy on Day One, the Biden administration is signaling that protecting the integrity of the census is essential for a healthy democracy.鈥

Case details: /cases/new-york-immigration-coalition-v-trump