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Nakia Cooper Ethnic Media Services Todos los ojos estarán puestos en el Capitolio durante los próximos días mientras los legisladores sopesan los pros y los contras de H.R. 7109, un proyecto de ley controvertido que, según muchos, podría afectar negativamente el futuro de la representación y la integridad del...
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Nakia Cooper Ethnic Media Services All eyes are on Capitol Hill over the coming days as lawmakers weigh the pros and cons of H.R. 7109, a controversial bill that many say could negatively impact the future of representation and census integrity nationwide. H.R. 7109, dubbed The Equal Representation Act,...
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Danielle Smith Public News Service Across the whole country, the rapidly growing Hispanic population made remarkable strides in college enrollment and educational attainment, according to a recent analysis by the U.S. Census Bureau. The number of Hispanic students ages 18 to 24 enrolled in college increased to 2.4 million in 2021....
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The preliminary results of the 2020 Census once again show a fact that unfortunately has become a chronic problem: Latino, African-American and Native American minorities were once again undercounted in the national count. The statistical underestimation of Latinos was 4.99% in 2020, compared to 1.54% in 2010. For African...
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The U.S. Census Bureau’s recently announced undercount of African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans in the 2020 Census came as no surprise to leaders of civil rights organizations that fought with the Trump administration for an accurate demographic assessment of their communities. The Census Bureau estimated the undercount of...
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AUSTIN, Texas – This week, the leading nonpartisan educational group advocating for Latino participation in politics launched a national campaign to make sure all Latino children are counted in the upcoming 2020 census. Lizette Escobedo, director of the national census program for the NALEO Education Fund, says an undercount...
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Mark Hedin Ethnic Media Services As the Census Bureau prepares for its 2020 count, concerns about new plans to question respondents about their citizenship status have taken center stage. But now, civil rights activists and others focused on the importance of ensuring a full and accurate tally of everybody...
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In Order to Protect Principle that Undocumented Residents Are “Persons” Under the Constitution SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF. – Last week the County of Santa Clara sought permission to intervene in a federal lawsuit to defend the U.S. Census Bureau’s longstanding practice of counting all people, regardless of immigration status, in the...
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Mark Hedin Special to El Observador Civil rights leaders joined census policy experts July 17 in an urgent plea, particularly to communities of color, for a show of public activism and force to derail a fast-moving Trump administration effort to officially ignore them. The fight begins by taking full advantage of a narrow...