Census Bureau to miss year-end deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan | News, Sports, Jobs
Mike Schneider The Census Bureau will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, a delay that could undermine President Donald Trump’s efforts to exclude people in the country illegally from the count if the figures aren’t submitted before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. The Census Bureau plans to deliver a population count of each state in early 2021, as close to the missed deadline as possible, the statistical agency said in a statement late Wednesday. “As issues that could affect the accuracy of the data are detected, they are co...