Two U.S. citizens have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Census Bureau, claiming the long, detailed American Community Survey the agency requires millions to fill out each year is illegal.
The lawsuit comes as the U.S. Census Bureau comes under fire for significant miscounts in the 2020 Census, with population numbers in six states being undercounted while eight states saw an overcount in population. Republicans say the botched Census count unfairly prevented Florida and Texas from each gaining a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
President Donald Trump tried to prevent the counting of illegal aliens so they wouldn’t have an impact on the apportionment of political power among the states. The Supreme Court sided with him on Dec. 28, 2020, allowing the Trump administration to attempt to carry out its policy as the deadline for Census figures was approaching. But on the day he was inaugurated, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 13986, which reversed the Trump policy….