San Francisco – Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) denounces President Trump\u2019s memorandum excluding undocumented immigrants from being counted toward Congressional representation during redistricting for the next 10 years. The 14th Amendment stipulates that Congressional representation be based on the \u201cwhole number of persons\u201d in each state making the memorandum unconstitutional.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The administration\u2019s announcement is intended to cause fear in immigrant communities and deter people from exercising their constitutional right to participate in the Census. The timing of Trump\u2019s memorandum is not coincidental: In-person follow-up by the Census Bureau with households that have not yet completed the Census begins August 11 and will continue until October 31.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cCAA denounces this effort to prevent immigrants and communities of color from accessing political representation. We are also deeply concerned about the implications that an incomplete Census count would have on resources needed by vulnerable communities,\u201d said Eva Poon, Policy Advocate at CAA.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Given that the Census determines the distribution of $1.5 trillion in federal resources to states over the next decade, full participation in the Census by everyone residing in the U.S. helps protect people\u2019s health and well-being. The federal government should prioritize ensuring full participation in Census 2020, not invoking fear in communities already hit hard by the current public health crisis.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cThe law is clear that all people count and are to be counted in the Census and that includes all immigrants. Trump is once again targeting, dividing, and scapegoating our immigrant communities. We should be clear that all immigrants must stand together,\u201d said Jose Ng, CAA Immigrant Rights Program Manager.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
CAA calls on the Trump Administration to immediately reverse the memorandum and stands in solidarity with individuals and families who continue to be impacted by the Trump administration\u2019s anti-immigrant policies. The order is strongly criticized and will likely face legal action from leading organizations that have been working to ensure a complete Census count.\n<\/p>\n
CAA will continue to outreach to hard-to-count community members to make sure they are fully included in the Census count. Community members looking for Census support can call CAA\u2019s Hotline at 415- 761-3222, for assistance in Cantonese, Mandarin, and English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
San Francisco – Chinese for Affirmative...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27018,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27017\/revisions\/27018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}