Posted on 07/11/2019 1:20:54 PM PDT by conservative98
A government official confirmed that Trump is expected to announce he will drop the legal battle to include the question on the census survey and instead direct the Commerce Department to obtain answers on citizenship through other means, but it was not clear how that would occur or how it would be funded.
The U.S. Census Bureau is part of the Commerce Department. The U.S. Constitution specifically assigns the job of overseeing the census to Congress, limiting the authority of the president over it, which complicates adding the question to the decennial survey via presidential missive.
Trumps decision not to proceed with an executive order on adding the citizenship question to the census was first reported by ABC News.
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JUST IN: Trump expected to announce he won't force citizenship question onto 2020 census https://t.co/M2JzTDolAe pic.twitter.com/aJJcl3C9Xm— The Hill (@thehill) July 11, 2019
So he didn’t announce it yet?
Speculation......
Damn. The Census determines representation, not meaningless surveys. Tired of caving to the Left.
LOSING
No good. The census is used to determine apportionment of the House, not a survey.
Looks like the immigration enforcement vehicle Trump uses only has three gears, all operating in reverse.
Good we need in house interviews by INS/Census agents.
Looks like the immigration enforcement vehicle Trump uses only has three gears, all operating in reverse.
I thought Barr had a plan?
have confirmation apparently
Yeah actually the census will be invalid.
Hands out the Form. Or does not.
Hey Trump???? WTH is this about???
I agree, the two things we need to get under control to save the republic.
Immigration and the effect illegals have on house seats
Spending
On both issues trump as so far failed
Fake news. This isnt what Fox News is reporting.
A survey is squat compared to a census that counts everyone and determines congressional apportionment.
Annnd all the usual harpies on FR will blame Trump and not Bush judge Roberts..
It’s what Fox was reporting when I was watching about an hour ago.
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