Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
In the last days of the Trump administration, Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham has pressured employees at the agency to speed up the production of a data report about noncitizens, including unauthorized immigrants, the bureau’s internal watchdog group says.
They surged to the polls in 2020 and could help swing the Georgia Senate runoffs. Activists and experts say it is long past time for both Democrats and Republicans to pursue them.
The Wednesday announcement was expected, and the key question remains whether the Census Bureau and Commerce Department will present the tally to President Donald Trump prior to his departure from office on January 20. There are no penalties associated with missing the December 31 deadline.
Hong Yen Chang was a trailblazer when racial hostility led to discriminatory laws like the Chinese Exclusion Act.
The new law is meant to expand voter registration in the state and make it easier to do so when a person interacts with a state agency like the Department of Motor Vehicles.
“Especially when you talk about the invisibility of some of their issues, in a sense, it’s almost a self-fulfilling prophecy,” psychologist Richelle Concepcion said.