The two cases could have major impacts on how Americans are counted in the next census.
Two lawsuits could have significant impacts on how the next U.S. Census is conducted. According to reporting by Mike Schneider for the Associated Press, one lawsuit contests the methods used by the Census Bureau to protect the privacy of respondents and ensure that group home residents are counted, which could force states to redraw borders for their political districts.
The second lawsuit seeks to exclude people without legal immigration status from the Census count for drawing Congressional district lines. Congressional Republicans have also introduced other measures to exclude noncitizens from political apportionment.
The lawsuits both align with President Trump’s goals of changing how the Census is conducted to prevent undocumented immigrants from being represented in congressional districts and collect citizenship data during the Census.
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