The census helps determine the amount of federal funding and congressional representatives our area receives. As CBS2’s Lisa Rozner reports, that now hangs in the balance.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether the president can exclude from the census people who are in the country illegally. The census helps determine the amount of federal funding and congressional representatives our area receives. As CBS2’s Lisa Rozner reports, that now hangs in the balance. During an audio-only oral argument session, there were few, if any, takers on the high court for President Donald Trump’s effort to leave all unlawful immigrants out of the critical count of the U.S. census. No president has tried to remove millions of non-citizens from the once a decade count of the U.S. population. More: Supreme Court Allows Census Count To End Early, Siding With Trump Administration Acting U.
