Thread by @MikaEsq

🚨#60SecondCTA!
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45 wants to use the #2020Census to take power from big states w immigrants like CA & give it to rural (& often red) states.

YOU can help #SaveTheCensus—it'll only take a min. Continued⤵
thenation.com/article/say-no…

At the direction of the White House, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, in coordination with AG Jeff Sessions’ anti-immigrant DOJ, announced that he directed the Census Bureau to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. nytimes.com/2018/07/24/us/…

45's attempt is blatantly political & would lead to an undercount that would lead to the taking of seats in the House of Representatives, electoral college votes, & federal funds from from big states with immigrants & give them to rural—mostly red—states.
nytimes.com/2018/07/31/ups…

There's already 6 cases in NY, CA, & MD challenging the citizenship question. The NY judge has already ruled that there's sufficient evidence of discrimination for the case to go to trial, e.g. 45 calling immigrants "animals" & from "shithole countries." nytimes.com/2018/07/26/us/…

YOU can personally help #SaveTheCensus. One part of these cases will be showing that the public opposed the question. The Census Bureau is required by law to request public comment on the question. The more comments filed, the easier it is to prove the public opposed!

Follow this link: regulations.gov/docket?D=USBC-…
Click "comment now"
Tell 45 how you feel about his attempt to scapegoat our immigrant neighbors & steal political power from our most populous states. Or paste a model comment from the next tweet—just be sure to add your perspective!

I request that the Census Bureau remove the proposed citizenship question from the 2020 Census. It is unnecessary, discriminatory, and will lead to an undercount that will significantly compromise the Bureau's ability to accurately count all "persons" within the US.

The deadline for you to help #SaveTheCensus by opposing the citizenship Q is Tue. 8/7 @ 11:59pm ET.

Let's share this message far & wide, & show 45 that we won't be divided from our immigrant neighbors & will work together to oppose his blatant power grab.

https://twitter.com/AdamaEsq/status/1024763126686932993

Full disclosure, I've done these #60SecondCTA s in the past & this is the 1st time my nonprofit @MALDEF is representing plaintiffs on the issue—the MD Census case. Views expressed are mine/ don't necessarily represent MALDEF's. Thanks to my friend @AESenteno for her work on this!