Community leaders denounce Trump administration memo toexclude undocumented immigrants from apportionment base

Here is the recording of today’s Zoom Press Conference.

 

Community leaders denounce Trump administration memo to exclude undocumented immigrants from apportionment base

 

In response to President Trump’s signing on Tuesday of a memorandum to exclude undocumented immigrants from census data for the purposes of apportionment, community leaders announced a press call to underscore the critical importance of counting all Rhode Islanders in the 2020 census.

 

“The signing of this memorandum three weeks to the day before the Census Bureau is set to start doorknocking will make undocumented immigrants in our hardest-to-count communities less likely to answer the door to be counted,” said James A. Diossa, Mayor of Central Falls and co-chair of the Rhode Island Complete Count Committee. “Rhode Islanders need to know that the data they provide to the U.S. Census Bureau is protected by federal law and cannot be shared with law enforcement or immigration officials.”

 

Mayor Diossa and other community leaders will hold a press call at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, to denounce the memorandum and speak to the importance of counting all Rhode Islanders in the 2020 census.

 

What: Press call to discuss the implications of the Trump administration’s recent memorandum for efforts in Rhode Island to ensure a complete and accurate 2020 census

 

When: July 22, 2020; 4:00 p.m.

 

Who: James A. Diossa, Mayor of Central Falls and co-chair of the Rhode Island Complete Count Committee; Sabina Matos, President of the Providence City Council and Councilwoman for Ward 15; Marcela Betancur, Director of the Latino Policy Institute; Channavy Chay, Director of the Center for Southeast Asians