Oppose Proposed 2030 Census Changes
Every Person Counts
For more than two centuries, the Census has counted all persons residing in the United States, regardless of immigration status. The NAACP believes the Trump administration's proposed changes depart from longstanding constitutional principles and threaten the accuracy and integrity of the nation's population count.
The Trump Administration's proposal for the Census would:
- Exclude undocumented immigrants and certain noncitizens with temporary lawful status from the Census count.
- Remove demographic questions regarding race and ethnicity from the Census questionnaire.
- Eliminate the collection of key demographic information used to enforce civil rights laws, monitor discrimination, and assess disparities affecting communities of color.
- Reshape the apportionment process in ways that could alter political representation and the distribution of billions of dollars in federal funding.
Submit Your Comment
Proposed changes to the 2030 Census would exclude non-citizens from the count and remove questions on race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Submit your comment today and tell the Census Bureau that every person counts.
These proposed changes would make our nation less visible, less representative, and less equitable. Efforts to exclude entire populations from the census and eliminate race and ethnicity data harm our communities and threaten to undermine decades of civil rights progress.
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