Court Rejects Trump's Order to Exclude Undocumented from Census
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On Thursday, a federal court ruled that President Trump’s order to exclude undocumented immigrants from census numbers for apportioning congressional districts is unlawful. While left-leaning articles highlight that the court unanimously ruled that Trump’s proposal exceeded his authority under federal laws, right-leaning articles highlight that judges said that Trump’s memo violated statues that require the secretary of commerce to “report a single set of figures to the President.”
A left-leaning article by The New York Times highlights that the court unanimously ruled that Trump’s proposal exceeded his authority under federal laws governing the census and reapportionment. If immigrant populations were subtracted from census totals, millions of people would be excluded from population counts used for reapportionment.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that the three-judge panel for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said, "The President is not free to substitute his own view of what is most 'consonant with the principles of representative democracy' for the view that Congress already chose." Last year, the Supreme Court also blocked the president’s efforts to add a citizenship question to the census, stating that the administration’s rationale for the move was “contrived.”
A right-leaning article by New York Post highlights that judges said that Trump’s memo violated statues that require the secretary of commerce to “report a single set of figures to the President,” which includes the total number of people in a state. Since the first census in 1790, both U.S. citizens and non-citizens have been included.
From the left
Federal Court Rejects Trump’s Order to Exclude Undocumented From Census
The New York Times
From the right
Judges block Trump memo that would bar undocumented immigrants from census
New York Post