Trump administration plans to end census early, defying judge's order

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/28/trump-administration-census-end-early-october

Mon 28 Sep 2020 20.09 EDT

The Trump administration has said the 2020 census will end early on 5 October, defying a federal judge’s ruling that the count should continue through the end of October.

The US secretary of commerce, Wilbur Ross, made the announcement in a tweet posted on the US Census Bureau’s website on Monday.

Ross said the “target date” for ending all counting efforts for the 2020 census is now 5 October, despite a judge ordering the Trump administration to extend counting through 31 October.

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