Wilbur Ross To Defy Court On Ending US Census

Raw Story reports:

On Monday, the U.S. Census Bureau announced that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross “has announced a target date of October 5, 2020 to conclude 2020 Census self-response and field data collection operations.” This comes despite an order by a federal judge on Friday directing the census to continue through October 31. The initial decision of the bureau to end counting early sparked controversy, and fears that the count might not be finished properly.

BREAKING: Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees Census Bureau, has announced Oct. 5 as “target date” for ending all #2020Census counting efforts, bureau’s spokesperson Michael Cook confirms to me, days after a judge ordered counting through Oct. 31.https://t.co/OQ4LB8uYuM

— Hansi Lo Wang • ? DAYS (@hansilowang) September 28, 2020