Judge orders Trump administration stop 'winding down' census collection, processing efforts
BY JUSTIN WISE - 09/06/20 07:42 AM EDT
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily stop efforts to wind down the collection of data and processing of timelines for the 2020 census.
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh issued a temporary restraining order late Saturday blocking Trump administration officials, including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, from implementing plans that would shorten census efforts, including "winding down or altering any Census field operations."
The restraining order was filed in response to a legal motion from a coalition of civil rights and advocacy groups that claimed such plans would illegally impact the accuracy of the census data and possibly inflict harm on certain communities as a result. The census is updated every 10 years and helps determine federal funding levels for state and local governments.
The restraining order will remain in effect until Sept. 17, when a court hears a separate motion for a stay and preliminary injunction.
“The court rightfully recognized the Trump administration’s attempted short-circuiting of our nation’s census as an imminent threat to the completion of a fair and accurate process,” Kristen Clarke, president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, one of the groups that filed the complaint, said in a statement. “President Trump and Secretary Ross’ decisions to undermine the process may have deprived vulnerable communities of fair representation and fair allocation of funds for the next 10 years or more.”
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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/515293-judge-orders-trump-administration-stop-winding-down-census-collection
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