NEW YORK, NY, March 15, 2019 – Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, voluntarily and without a subpoena. After Secretary Ross refused to give definitive answers to several questions of the committee, Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings asked Ross to produce priority documents and answers to the questions by […]
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Steven K. Choi: In Trump’s Hands, the Census Becomes a Weapon
Nov. 5, 2018 – Almost a decade ago, I ran the Minkwon Center for Community Action, a grassroots organization serving the Korean-American community in Queens. Getting immigrants to participate in the 2010 census was one of our top priorities. Why? Because I knew we could use the census to build power for our communities, just […]
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Census Citizenship Trial Opens, Immigrant New Yorkers Rally
New York, NY, Nov. 5, 2018 – Today marks the start of a major federal trial over the Trump administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. Immigrant New Yorkers and advocates held a press conference and rally immediately prior to the opening of the trial to demand a fair and accurate […]
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DOJ Reveals Bannon Behind Census Citizenship Question
New York, NY, Oct. 11, 2018 – This afternoon, the Department of Justice (DOJ) admitted that Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross spoke with Steve Bannon, former White House Chief Strategist, about the decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. In a new DOJ court filing in the lawsuit State of New York […]