New York City achieves historic census self-response rate in 2020 amidst ongoing attacks from the Trump Administration

NEW YORK: Mayor de Blasio and NYC Census 2020 Director Julie Menin has announced today preliminary self-response data based on the City of New York’s first-of-its-kind campaign to ensure a complete and accurate count of all New Yorkers in a decennial census.As of Saturday, October 17, New York City registered a historic 61.8 percent self-response… Continue reading New York City achieves historic census self-response rate in 2020 amidst ongoing attacks from the Trump Administration

DHS, ICE arrests more than 170 at-large aliens in sanctuary jurisdictions

ICE officers arresting criminal aliens. Photo courtesy: US Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE)

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced on Thursday the conclusion of a week-long targeted enforcement operation that resulted in the apprehension of more than 170 at-large aliens throughout the U.S., where sanctuary policies have largely prohibited the cooperation of law enforcement agencies in the… Continue reading DHS, ICE arrests more than 170 at-large aliens in sanctuary jurisdictions

U.S. Department of Education releases 2017-18 civil rights data collection

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has released the 2017-18 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) on October 15. This data, which is self-reported by 17,604 public school districts and 97,632 public schools and educational programs, have been collected and published biennially by OCR since 1968. “Protecting all students’ civil… Continue reading U.S. Department of Education releases 2017-18 civil rights data collection

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump bid to exclude illegal immigrants from representation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday has agreed to hear oral arguments over President Donald Trump’s effort to exclude illegal immigrants from the population totals used to allocate congressional districts to states. As reported on Reuters, the court, likely to soon have a 6-3 conservative majority if the Republican-controlled Senate confirms Trump… Continue reading U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump bid to exclude illegal immigrants from representation