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News this morning

Trump says he's ordering new census

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/07/trump-new-census-00497025

Suggestions for action will be forthcoming...

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Beth Jarosz
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Time to bone up on mid decade census legislation:


PL 94-521, 1976. https://www.congress.gov/94/statute/STATUTE-90/STATUTE-90-Pg2459.pdf

That authorized a mid decade census, [details omitted], but see this provision:

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(2) Information obtained in any mid-decade census shall not be
used for apportionment of Kepresentatives in Congress among the
several States, nor shall such information be used in prescribing con-
gressional districts.


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Margo Anderson
margo@uwm.edu

The latest from NPR is here: https://www.npr.org/2025/08/07/x-s1-5265650/new-census-trump-immigrants-counted

And the statement from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights: https://civilrights.org/2025/08/07/the-census-must-not-be-weaponized-for-political-gain/ 

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Beth Jarosz
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Hansi Lo Wang asked the Commerce Dept about it; this is what he got (its worth reading his follow up questions too although so far no answers):

https://bsky.app/profile/hansilowang.bsky.social/post/3lvtzfkn5wc2w

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Deborah Stein
Deborah Stein, Coalition on Human Needs, for Count
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-07-2025 10:54 PM
From: Beth Jarosz
Subject: Census in the news

The latest from NPR is here: https://www.npr.org/2025/08/07/x-s1-5265650/new-census-trump-immigrants-counted

And the statement from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights: https://civilrights.org/2025/08/07/the-census-must-not-be-weaponized-for-political-gain/ 

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Beth Jarosz
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