A Pew Research Center study this summer found that if the country’s undocumented immigrants were excluded from apportionment, Texas would end up with one less U.S. House seat than otherwise expected.
U.S. Census Bureau
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Texas 2020 Elections
Republicans kept their grip on Texas government in 2020. In 2021, they’ll be able to tighten it.
Because Republicans in the state House and Senate held onto their 20-year majority, they are positioned to further entrench their power until the next redistricting rolls around in 2031.
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Demographics
The census doesn’t count Arab Americans. That leaves some Texans feeling invisible.
The census does not include an option for people to identify as Middle Eastern or North African Americans. That leaves Arab Texans to identify as white or “other” on the all-important national count.
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Politics
Supreme Court will review Trump plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from calculations for congressional seats
Texas is among the states that could lose congressional seats and federal funds if undocumented immigrants are excluded from crucial calculations.
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Demographics
Supreme Court says Trump administration can shut down census count now, despite fears of an undercount
Plaintiffs in the case contend that a shortened timeline would result in an undercount of harder-to-count populations, including immigrants, people of color and lower-income groups, depriving them of funding and representation.
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Courts
Appeals court says census count must continue through the end of the month
The government had requested a stay after a federal judge blocked the administration’s efforts to end the count last week and process the data in time to deliver it to the president for apportionment by a statutory deadline of Dec. 31.
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Demographics
The U.S. census will continue through October, paving the way for more Texans to be counted
Experts say the extension could help the historically undercounted state regain lost ground. Texans are already responding to the census at a substantially lower rate than the national average.
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Demographics
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from stopping census count next week
A federal judge in California late Thursday ordered that the census count should continue until Oct. 31, the date the Census Bureau had planned on before the administration abruptly shortened the count.
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Demographics
Federal court blocks Trump effort to exclude undocumented immigrants when congressional seats are divvied up
Trump’s bid to exclude undocumented immigrants from population counts for redistricting could cost Texas three seats in Congress. Thursday’s ruling could still be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Demographics
Judge temporarily halts efforts to end census count early
The ruling is the first in a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s plans to wind down the count a month early. Democrat-led Harris County joined the challenge last month.
