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Trump administration proposes excluding noncitizens from census apportionment

The Trump administration is planning to exclude noncitizens from the count used to distribute congressional seats and stop collecting race and ethnicity data.

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What to know

  • The Trump administration is proposing to exclude noncitizens from the census count used to apportion congressional districts—a move that would reduce political representation in immigrant-heavy regions.
  • The plan also aims to stop collecting demographic data on race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, marking a break from longstanding census practice.
  • Census expert danah boyd warns the changes represent "destruction of long-standing norms" and departure from nearly 240 years of census inclusion practices.
  • Congress would need to intervene to prevent or roll back these changes, according to the expert analysis.

Trump administration Government proposing census changesdanah boyd Ethnographer and census expert

Trump administration proposes excluding noncitizens from census apportionment
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    Expert explains constitutional history and centuries of census inclusion practice

    Boyd explains that since the first census in 1790, all people who are residents of the U.S. have been counted regardless of citizenship status, and that excluding noncitizens from apportionment represents a partisan move departing from this longstanding constitutional practice and interpretation.

    “Since the first census in 1790, all people who are residents of the United States have been counted, regardless of where they are born or if they were formally naturalized.”
    — danah boyd
    • bolts@journa.host

      “Right now, the Census Bureau is facing the destruction of long-standing norms, the departure of people with sizable institutional knowledge, micromanaging of the scientific method, and egregious partisan dictates,” warns an expert on the census. https:// boltsmag.org/trump-control-cen sus-your-questions-answered/

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    • bolts

      Census Bureau researchers oppose asking about citizenship on the census because they warn it will lower participation, explains an expert on the census: “They don’t want to undercount people. But politicians might find that advantageous.” https:// boltsmag.org/trump-control-cen sus-your-questions-answered/

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    • bolts@journa.host

      “In the United States, the census is the backbone of our representative democracy,” says danah boyd, an author and expert on the census. In our new Q&A, she answers readers’ questions about Trump’s efforts to transform the census. https:// boltsmag.org/trump-control-cen sus-your-questions-answered/

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    Bolts publishes Q&A on Trump's census proposals with expert danah boyd

    Bolts magazine publishes a detailed Q&A with ethnographer and census expert danah boyd addressing reader questions about the Trump administration's plans to exclude noncitizens from apportionment and stop collecting demographic data on race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.

    “Right now, the Census Bureau is facing the destruction of long-standing norms, the departure of people with sizable institutional knowledge, micromanaging of the scientific method, and egregious partisan dictates.”
    — danah boyd
    1. 1 outlet Trump’s Attempts to Control the Census: Your Questions Answered

      first by Bolts, 6d ago

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