CENSUS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP ADMIN: “The U.S. Supreme Court dodged a ruling on Friday [Dec. 18, 2020] on whether President Trump can exclude undocumented immigrants from a key census count.
In the unsigned opinion, the court said it would be premature to rule on the case right now because it is “riddled with contingencies and speculation” and even the Trump administration doesn’t know how many undocumented immigrants there are or where they live…
The decision leaves open the possibility for Trump to try to remove some undocumented immigrants from a key census count, but immigrant rights advocates warned Friday that they would sue.”
-Nina Totenberg and Hansi Lo Wang, “Supreme Court Punts Census Case, Giving Trump An Iffy Chance To Alter Numbers,” npr.org, Dec. 18, 2020