Statewide Census 2020 Gathering held at Isleta Resort and Casino»
Press Release | August 28, 2019 – On August 26, New Mexico Counts 2020 hosted a gathering of stakeholders working to ensure a complete and fair count in the 2020 census. The gathering brought together local leaders in hard-to-count…
Progress report: Albuquerque neighborhood among many tricky for 2020 census in NM»
Searchlight New Mexico | July 25, 2019 – Over the last 40 years, downtown Albuquerque has become a checkerboard of residential, commercial and government properties -- all occupying Census Tract 21. When it comes to the census, diversity can be an obstacle to an accurate count.
Trump backs off census citizenship question, issues order to collect data in other ways»
NBC News | July 11, 2019 – President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is backing off his effort to include a citizenship question in the 2020 census and is instead issuing an executive order directing departments and agencies to better share data related to the number of citizens and noncitizens in the country.
Justice Department replaces attorneys in census citizenship-question battle»
Politico | July 8, 2019 – The Justice Department announced Sunday night that it is assigning a new team of attorneys to defend President Donald Trump’s continuing attempts to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census.
NM Counts 2020 Awards $150,000 in Census Outreach Awards»
NM Counts 2020 Collaborative | July 3, 2019 – The NM Counts 2020 Collaborative is pleased to announce $150,000 in grant awards to 13 community based organizations who will be working on Census 2020 outreach for immigrant populations. See…
Trump administration won’t add citizenship question to Census»
NM Political Report | July 3, 2019 – There will not be a question about U.S citizenship on the 2020 Census, the Trump administration announced Wednesday. While some observers believed the high court’s decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, opened the door for the government to bring it back before the court ahead of printing the questions, the Trump administration instead decided to move forward without it.
