SECRETARY OF STATE William Galvin said on Thursday that the sudden evacuation of college campuses due to the coronavirus and the wariness of immigrants to answer US Census questions could jeopardize the state’s ability to hang on to its nine congressional seats. Massachusetts has an estimated 6.9 million residents. It’s the only state in the […]
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Could partisanship become justification for Census query?
READING BETWEEN THE lines of two blockbuster Supreme Court rulings this summer, it’s easy to guess what the Trump administration’s next move might be to try to put a citizenship question on the 2020 US Census. Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s majority closed one door, ruling that the Trump administration’s rationale for a […]
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Could partisanship become justification for Census query?
Reading between the lines of two blockbuster Supreme Court rulings this summer, it’s easy to guess what the Trump administration’s next move might be to try to put a citizenship question on the 2020 US Census. Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s majority closed one door, ruling that the Trump administration’s rationale for a […]
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Massachusetts cannot afford an undercount in 2020
TODAY, THE US SUPREME COURT is hearing oral arguments on the addition of a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census. This proposed question compounds the climate of fear and distrust in the federal government and likely would lead to lower response rates among immigrant communities. Massachusetts has the seventh highest proportion of residents who are immigrants. […]