He is an expert in survey sampling, survey design and social science/policy research, with over 40 years of experience, the White House said.
Biden s latest pick continues on his campaign pledge to create a diverse administration, one which looks like America, Biden has stated.
Santos currently serves as vice president of the Statistics Methods Group at the Urban Institute, a Washington, DC, nonprofit research organization. In that role he had been a critic of the bureau, co-authoring a 2019 report warning that the 2020 Census could gravely undercount minorities.
The Census Bureau became a political football during the Trump administration when then-President Donald Trump and his allies pushed to exclude undocumented immigrants from the count.
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