WASHINGTON – Following the release of a new internal Census Bureau document warning that a rushed census could create “serious errors” in the data if the Census Bureau is forced to complete its count under the current statutory deadlines, Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the bipartisan passage of the “Delivering for America Act”(H.R. 8015) by the House of Representatives:
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s announcement that he is suspending operational changes until after the election:
WASHINGTON – In an op-ed for The Washington Post, Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights outlined how the Trump administration is once again trying to sabotage the 2020 Census to advance its anti-immigrant agenda and erase communities of color. Her piece appeared as the Census Bureau announced that they “will end field data collection by September 30, 2020.” Cutting the census short is Trump’s way to guarantee a massive undercount and capture an inaccurate and less diverse portrait of America.
WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and All Voting is Local, with its joint And Still I Vote℠ campaign, along with the Census Counts campaign, will hold a Facebook Live event on Tuesday, July 28, at 5:30 p.m. ET as part of a Census Week of Action, an effort to mobilize communities to participate in the 2020 Census. This year’s census is a critical chance to ensure communities that have long been marginalized and erased are seen, heard, and receive the rights and resources they deserve. This is part of Turn Up Tuesdays, a weekly national call to action to ensure people are informed and activated to vote in November.
WASHINGTON -- Following President Trump’s unconstitutional memorandum banning undocumented immigrants from counting toward congressional apportionment, Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Advocates are calling for expanded measures to better protect the public and census workers, following the U.S. Census Bureau’s news briefing today on changes made to field operations due to COVID-19. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, National Urban League, and National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund noted gaps in the bureau’s plan and demanded stronger protections.
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the House passage of the COVID-19 relief package, the “Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act” or the HEROES Act:
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