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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)
@hansilowang
@NPR correspondent trying to make sense of the census and the rest of U.S. democracy • email: hwang@npr.org • signal: 917-397-2639 • header: @connjie
Oct 5, 2018 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
NEW: The Trump administration must release more internal documents for #2020census citizenship question lawsuits that @TheJusticeDept attorneys had withheld because of deliberative process privilege, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman orders.👇 2. From Judge Furman’s opinion: These documents about #2020census citizenship Q “are not protected by the deliberative process privilege because they merely ‘reflect deliberations about what “message” should be delivered to the public about an already-decided policy decision.’ “
Sep 29, 2018 • 10 tweets • 12 min read
NEW: Trump administration is preparing to ask Supreme Court to block #2020census citizenship question lawsuit deposition of @TheJusticeDept official John Gore

AND

judge on 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked deposition of @SecretaryRoss for lawsuits 👇 @TheJusticeDept @SecretaryRoss 2. Here's the order by U.S. Circuit Judge Peter Hall temporarily blocking @SecretaryRoss' deposition scheduled for Oct. 11 👇
Sep 18, 2018 • 12 tweets • 8 min read
Over past 3+ months, I've read 12,000+ pages of internal docs the Trump admin has released for #2020census citizenship question lawsuits. I've been reporting on how @SecretaryRoss' explanation of how this Q ended up on census has suffered blow after blow w each document dump 👇 @SecretaryRoss 2. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross oversees the census. He's testified in Congress that Justice Department initiated citizenship Q request in Dec 2017 & he was "responding solely" to that. In March, he announced he approved adding question to forms every US household has to answer
Sep 17, 2018 • 6 tweets • 10 min read
CONFIRMED: @TheJusticeDept initially "did not want to raise" citizenship Q request for #2020census when approached by @CommerceGov beginning in May 2017 "given the difficulties Justice was encountering in the press at the time (the whole Comey matter)" 👇

apps.npr.org/documents/docu… @TheJusticeDept @CommerceGov 2. You may have seen this newly unredacted email tweeted out earlier:





U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman ordered it be released by Trump administration today.
Sep 14, 2018 • 21 tweets • 23 min read
12. @TheJusticeDept attorneys say no - and Trump administration's still working on response to Alabama @AGSteveMarshall & @RepMoBrooks' complaint.

@TheJusticeDept @AGSteveMarshall @RepMoBrooks 13. Judge Furman says the release of 17 internal documents about citizenship question is still in dispute.
Sep 14, 2018 • 12 tweets • 12 min read
CENSUS 🤓ALERT: I’m inside Manhattan federal courthouse for #2020census citizenship question lawsuit hearing starting at 2 p.m. ET.

STAND BY FOR THREAD👇 2. While we wait, let me catch you up on where #2020census citizenship question lawsuits currently stand👇

npr.org/2018/09/12/646…
Aug 6, 2018 • 17 tweets • 8 min read
The U.S. gov't is going to ask you some personal questions in 2020.

Tuesday is your last chance to submit feedback on those questions here: regulations.gov/docket?D=USBC-….

But before you do, here's a thread on the major changes with the #2020census Qs 👇

npr.org/2018/03/29/598… 2. You've probably been hearing a lot about the new citizenship question. Here's how it's worded and some background on why it's sparked six lawsuits 👇 apps.npr.org/documents/docu…
Jul 27, 2018 • 6 tweets • 8 min read
BREAKING: Another trove of internal documents on the #2020census citizenship question have been released by the Trump administration as part of lawsuits. Here's the working download link from the amended filing by @TheJusticeDept: osec.doc.gov/opog/foia/docu… @TheJusticeDept 2. While I read through the new docs, here's a recap on what we've learned about the #2020census citizenship question from the internal emails & memos released earlier 👇

npr.org/2018/07/24/631…
Jul 3, 2018 • 31 tweets • 10 min read
CENSUS 🤓 ALERT: I’m back @ Manhattan federal court for 9:30am ET oral arguments in largest lawsuit against #2020census citizenship question. Judge is deciding whether to dismiss case & whether to order Trump admin to release more internal docs on decision to add Q. THREAD TK👇 2. So far, there are 6 lawsuits against the #2020census citizenship question, which Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (census overseer) approved adding to questionnaire. More than two dozen states & cities, plus other groups & individuals, are trying to get it removed.
Jun 9, 2018 • 11 tweets • 8 min read
BREAKING: @TheJusticeDept has released 1,320 pages of emails, memos, other docs on hotly contested #2020census citizenship question from @uscensusbureau & @CommerceGov for lawsuit led by @NewYorkStateAG — and my editor @LuisClemens & I read them: apps.npr.org/documents/docu… 2. In memo to Commerce Sec Wilbur Ross, Census Bureau Acting Dir. Ron Jarmin, other officials write adding citizenship Q “is very costly, harms the quality of the census count, & would use substantially less accurate citizenship status data than are available” from other agencies