An Accurate 2020 Census Is Imperative For Texas - Everyone Counts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Robert Gonzalez
txprogressiveaction@gmail.com
Austin, TX - On Tuesday, July 21st, President Trump issued an Executive Memorandum with intent to bar those who are without citizenship in the United States from being included in the 2020 Census.
Texas Progressive Action Network stands against this action and remains committed to promoting a full and complete count because it is flatly unconstitutional not to count everyone in the census. Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment calls for counting the whole number of persons in each state.
"An accurate 2020 Census depends on us counting everyone AND on us not making it even harder on already hard-to-reach communities (of which Texas has) to get a complete count. Those without citizenship have long been included in the census throughout our nation’s history and that’s because your political representation needs to reflect what your state actually looks like. We know that this latest effort to suppress census participation and affect census data will only have significant harmful impact for states like Texas.” - Valerie Street, President of Texas Progressive Action Network
Things to remember as this news continues developing:
Personal responses collected by the Census Bureau must be kept confidential for 72 years
The Census Bureau can’t share your personal information with ICE or law enforcement or any other government agency or court of law; it can’t be shared with your landlord; and it won’t affect any public benefits you receive.
For more, see: The 2020 Census and Confidentiality
Along with many other organizations, community groups and civic leaders from across the country we remain steadfast in our pledge to use every tool necessary to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the 2020 Census.
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Texas Progressive Action Network is a people powered nonprofit committed to advancing voter education and good public policy in Texas through advocacy and outreach.
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