Voting Rights

Key Dates in the Fight for a Complete Census Count

Jun 15, 2019 | ,

The Trump administration’s attempt to undermine the 2020 Census began in 2018 when it announced it would add a citizenship question to the decennial count. Since then, the administration has repeatedly sought to thwart the Constitution’s required count of every person. Below is a list of significant dates in two lawsuits filed by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice | AAJC) on behalf of groups seeking to ensure a full count, including action to guarantee the inclusion of undocumented immigrants for purposes of apportionment.

Civil Rights Groups Submit Newly Discovered Incriminating Evidence to Court and Ask Court to Reconsider Ruling that Citizenship Question was Not Intended to Racially Discriminate

Jun 4, 2019 | , ,

WASHINGTON, D.C.– A federal court should reconsider whether the Trump administration sought to intentionally discriminate against Latinos and immigrants of color when it added a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, according to court documents filed today by civil rights groups.

MALDEF TO PRESENT ORAL ARGUMENT SEEKING TO DISMISS ALABAMA SUIT TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN IMMIGRANTS FROM CENSUS COUNT

May 21, 2019 | , ,

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) will present oral argument on Friday in favor of dismissing a federal lawsuit filed by the State of Alabama.  The suit seeks to require the Census Bureau to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2020 Census data used for reapportionment.  MALDEF will argue in favor of a motion to dismiss the lawsuit on the basis that Alabama lacks standing to sue the Department of Commerce for the remedy it seeks.