Sign the petition: Everyone counts. Demand the Senate fund and extend crucial deadlines for the 2020 Census
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On July 21st, Donald Trump issued a racist, anti-immigrant, and unconstitutional memorandum seeking to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted in the next congressional apportionment. And now, he’s trying to thwart efforts to give the Census Bureau more time to get the count right in the face of the COVID-19 crisis.
If we don’t respond, real people will be denied the political power and crucial resources they deserve. That’s because Trump’s fear-mongering and manipulation could lead to undercounting vulnerable communities -- opening the door to partisan gerrymandering and severe underfunding of our hospitals, our roads, our schools, and more.
The Constitution is clear: everyone living in the U.S. must be counted in the census. Trump does not have the power to change that -- and we won’t allow his scare tactics against Black and Brown immigrants to keep resources out of our communities.
That’s why right now, we’re calling on the Senate to follow the House’s lead -- and vote to extend the deadline for 2020 Census data collection AND approve $448 million for the census in the next COVID-19 response bill. We cannot have one without the other.
Trump has tried again and again to rig the Census with blatant efforts to make sure immigrant communities, Black communities, and communities of color go undercounted. Last year, he attempted to add a question on citizenship status to the 2020 survey -- which was rejected by the Supreme Court.
And thanks to the “Hofeller documents” -- obtained by Common Cause in a legal battle against gerrymandering in North Carolina -- we know GOP federal and state officials want to use census data to give a permanent structural electoral advantage to Republicans and white communities. As we protect the census, we will not allow the census to be exploited to deny children, immigrant, Black, Brown, and Indigenous voters the representation they deserve.
Our federal lawmakers can fight back -- by providing additional census funding to make sure every community is counted, as well as extending the deadlines for census data collection, which has been greatly impacted by COVID-19.
It’s time for the Senate to listen to community members and civil rights advocates alike: fully fund the 2020 Census AND extend deadlines for reporting apportionment data -- to ensure everyone is counted. A decade of funding and representation is at stake.
Participating Organizations:
Arab American Institute
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
Black Alliance for Just Immigration
Common Cause
Common Dreams
Daily Kos
The Juggernaut Project
LeftNet
If we don’t respond, real people will be denied the political power and crucial resources they deserve. That’s because Trump’s fear-mongering and manipulation could lead to undercounting vulnerable communities -- opening the door to partisan gerrymandering and severe underfunding of our hospitals, our roads, our schools, and more.
The Constitution is clear: everyone living in the U.S. must be counted in the census. Trump does not have the power to change that -- and we won’t allow his scare tactics against Black and Brown immigrants to keep resources out of our communities.
That’s why right now, we’re calling on the Senate to follow the House’s lead -- and vote to extend the deadline for 2020 Census data collection AND approve $448 million for the census in the next COVID-19 response bill. We cannot have one without the other.
Trump has tried again and again to rig the Census with blatant efforts to make sure immigrant communities, Black communities, and communities of color go undercounted. Last year, he attempted to add a question on citizenship status to the 2020 survey -- which was rejected by the Supreme Court.
And thanks to the “Hofeller documents” -- obtained by Common Cause in a legal battle against gerrymandering in North Carolina -- we know GOP federal and state officials want to use census data to give a permanent structural electoral advantage to Republicans and white communities. As we protect the census, we will not allow the census to be exploited to deny children, immigrant, Black, Brown, and Indigenous voters the representation they deserve.
Our federal lawmakers can fight back -- by providing additional census funding to make sure every community is counted, as well as extending the deadlines for census data collection, which has been greatly impacted by COVID-19.
It’s time for the Senate to listen to community members and civil rights advocates alike: fully fund the 2020 Census AND extend deadlines for reporting apportionment data -- to ensure everyone is counted. A decade of funding and representation is at stake.
Participating Organizations:
Arab American Institute
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
Black Alliance for Just Immigration
Common Cause
Common Dreams
Daily Kos
The Juggernaut Project
LeftNet
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To:
the Senate
From:
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The census happens once every decade, and so much rides on an accurate count of your constituents. In light of the Trump administration’s repeated attempts to discourage undocumented immigrants from filling it out and the global coronavirus pandemic, getting the census right is all the more important. Support your constituents and infrastructure in your states by backing efforts to extend the deadline for census data collection, which has been greatly impacted by the pandemic -- AND including $448 million in funding for the census in the next COVID-19 response bill. Everyone counts.