URGENT!!! Info AND ACTION ALERT: Protect the 2020 Census from Trump’s abuse!!!

The U.S. Constitution ABSOLUTELY REQUIRES a census that will count EVERY person in the U.S. Presumably, it must be HONEST. But Trump is planning to distort the 2020 census for blatantly racist and highly partisan purposes. Trump is planning to add a question about citizenship in order to intimidate and undercount America’s immigrants.

Read this information.  Then keep going down the page and SEND ALL FIVE E-MAIL MESSAGES.

Thank you!

Trump’s scheme would likely cause millions of persons to be uncounted. The census is used for figuring out how to draw lines for state legislative districts and federal congressional districts. By deliberately undercounting immigrants, Trump intends to prevent adequate electoral representation for the people who live in their districts. The census also is used for allocating governmental services and financial support to local communities. For all of these reasons, immigrants’ communities will fail to receive the services they need.

For example, one advocacy group stated: “An undercount in the census will impact the programs young people rely on as we build our adult lives, including health care assistance like CHIP and Medicaid, programs that help people out of poverty like SNAP and TANF, and Congressional representation in the House of Representatives.”

Trump’s first choice to run the Census Bureau admitted that the question is politically motivated. Also, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (whose agency would conduct the census) recently contradicted earlier statements to Congress about where the question originated.

 

Here is an article about Trump’s citizenship question on the 2020 Census:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/27/sabotage-democracy-trump-adds-citizenship-question-2020-census?utm_term=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=News%20%2526%20Views%20%7C%20Crumbs%20for%20Workers%2C%20%2425%20Billion%20%27Bonanza%27%20for%20Big%20Oil&utm_content=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_medium=email&cm_mmc=Act-On%20Software-_-email-_-News%20%2526%20Views%20%7C%20Crumbs%20for%20Workers%2C%20%2425%20Billion%20%27Bonanza%27%20for%20Big%20Oil-_-%27Sabotage%27%20of%20Democracy%20as%20Trump%20Adds%20Citizenship%20Question%20to%202020%20Census

 

The problem is persisting – even after a judge told Trump to provide info about Census question about citizenship:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/census-citizenship-question_us_5b3bb109e4b09e4a8b2802b2?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=__Politics__070318&utm_content=__Politics__070318+Version+A+CID_a0de8d833ff08efca612fe527a566787&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Judge%20Says%20Trump%20Administration%20Has%20To%20Hand%20Over%20More%20Information%20About%20Census%20Citizenship%20Question&ncid=newsltushpmgnews__Politics__070318

 

PLEASE SEND THESE FIVE E-MAIL MESSAGES:

Tell Trump – and Congress – and the Commerce Dept. – that the U.S. Constitution REQUIRES an ACCURATE census. Trump is blatantly and cynically trying to manipulate and distort the 2020 census by requiring a question about citizenship. He wants to intimidate non-citizens and deliberately undercount people (including non-citizens and naturalized citizens) who might be afraid to declare their citizenship status. VIGOROUSLY DEMAND that a SCRUPULOUSLY HONEST AND ACCURATE census in 2020.

Below I have posted links for five messages you can send to PROTECT the 2020 Census from abuse.  Please click all five of the links and send messages to all of the people who have power over this.

#1: Urge Congress to prevent Trump’s citizenship question from abusing the 2020 census:
https://www.pactionpac.com/census/daily_kos?link_id=18&can_id=1d662460c0abb8939c5044c82927552b&source=email-cartoon-all-the-presidents-racists&email_referrer=email_376778___subject_467792&email_subject=sinclair-forcing-stations-to-run-sarah-huckabee-sanders-unfiltered

#2: Submit a comment to the Dept. of Commerce. Demand removal of the “citizenship” question. In mid-June 2018 the Department of Commerce has initiated a 60-day public comment period on their misguided decision to add a citizenship question to this 2020 Census. This gives Americans a chance to help establish a strong, clear public record reflecting the broad public opposition to the Trump administration’s politically motivated and destructive decision. We need you to make your voice heard. Use this link to submit a comment telling the Dept. of Commerce to prevent a citizenship question from the 2020 census:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/06/08/2018-12365/proposed-information-collection-comment-request-2020-census#open-comment

#3: Common Cause is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy. They have worked since 1970 to create open, honest, and accountable government that serves the public interest; promote equal rights, opportunity, and representation for all; and empower all people to make their voices heard in the political process. Common Cause invites you to submit a comment through this link:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/submit-your-comment-no-citizenship-question-on-2020-census?link_id=0&can_id=1d662460c0abb8939c5044c82927552b&source=email-attack-on-the-2020-census&email_referrer=email_373395___from_462304___subject_462301&email_subject=attack-on-the-2020-census

#4: Submit your comment to Wilbur Ross, Secretary of the Dept. of Commerce, to say you support a full and fair census in 2020, and you oppose the citizenship question. Click this link: https://p2a.co/TtrMj4i

#5: Click this link to tell Congress to prevent the Trump administration from rigging the 2020 Census with a racist and unnecessary question about citizenship status:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-congress-fair-and-accurate-census-in-2020-drop-the-citizenship-question?source=direct_link&referrer=group-progressive-congress-members&link_id=3&can_id=1d662460c0abb8939c5044c82927552b&email_referrer=email_355757&email_subject=tell-congress-drop-the-racist-citizenship-question-from-the-2020-census

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Since the late 1960s Glen Anderson has devoted his life to working as a volunteer for peace, nonviolence, social justice, and progressive political issues. He has worked through many existing organizations and started several. Over the years he has worked especially for such wide-ranging goals as making peace with Vietnam, eliminating nuclear weapons, converting from a military economy to a peacetime economy, abolishing the death penalty, promoting nonviolence at all levels throughout society, and helping people organize and strategize for grassroots movements to solve many kinds of problems. He writes, speaks, and conducts training workshops on a wide variety of topics. Since 1987 he has produced and hosted a one-hour cable TV interview program on many kinds of issues. Since 2017 he has blogged at https://parallaxperspectives.org He lives in Lacey near Olympia WA. You can reach him at (360) 491-9093 glen@parallaxperspectives.org