On Wednesday, the New York Immigration Coalition, an activist group, announced its New York Counts 2020 campaign alongside congressional and local elected officials. The effort has three prongs: to fight the question; to pressure the United States Census Bureau to protect the information of all New Yorkers; and to reassure residents that they can safely respond. Rep. Grace Meng, a Democrat from Queens, who sits on the committee that funds the census bureau said she and her colleagues are considering withholding funds for 2019 unless the question is removed. In a public hearing last week before the question was added, Ms. Meng confronted the Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, whose department oversees the U.S. Census Bureau. Anything they do to compromise that, frankly, works against their main mission.”Advertisement Continue reading the main story“The Census Bureau,” he said, “creates reality.”

Source: New York Times March 28, 2018 21:56 UTC