Citizenship
Beyond books: School librarians now tasked with teaching technology, digital citizenship – News – The Register-Guard
The classic image of a school librarian shown in movies and TV is that of the character who loves books, lives by the Dewey Decimal system and constantly has a finger pressed to their lips shushing noisy students. That’s not the reality of a school librarian anymore. Now, libraries serve as spaces for crafting, socializing …
Citizenship will no longer be automatic for children of some US military members living overseas
The rule appears to primarily affect the children of naturalized US citizens serving in the armed forces who have not lived in the US for a required period of time, a relatively small number — estimated to be approximately 100 annually, according to a Defense Department official. It does not impact anyone born in the …
House votes to hold Barr and Ross in criminal contempt of Congress
The Democratic-controlled House on Wednesday voted to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary William Ross in criminal contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas about the origins of a controversial citizenship question on the 2020 census. The measure passed by a vote of 230 to 198, with four Democrats joining all …
US census 2020: Trump retreats on citizenship question
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Protesters rallied against the citizenship question in April President Donald Trump will no longer pursue adding a question on citizenship to the 2020 US census questionnaire. Instead, he said he had directed officials to obtain the information through an executive order for government agencies, as court challenges would have …
Trump expected to back off census citizenship question
These people said Trump is expected to table his effort to add a question about citizenship status to the 2020 census, setting aside his demands last week to continue pursuing the issue despite a Supreme Court order blocking it. Trump tweeted Thursday morning he would be holding a press conference in the Rose Garden in …
Trump to announce executive action on census citizenship question
Citizenship question coming? President Trump will announce an executive action to add the citizenship question to the 2020 census, two senior administration officials have confirmed to CBS News. Mr. Trump announced a White House Rose Garden press conference on the topic for Thursday afternoon. The anticipated announcement comes as the president exhibits frustration over the …
Judges Reject DOJ Request To Swap Out Lawyers In Citizenship Question Cases : NPR
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman, who hears cases at the federal courthouse in New York City, on Tuesday denied the Trump administration’s request to swap out its entire legal team for the New York-based lawsuits over a potential citizenship question on the 2020 census. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images U.S. …
Federal judge rejects Trump administration’s bid to swap out lawyers for Census case on citizenship question
Matt Zapotosky National security reporter covering the Justice Department July 9 at 5:58 PM A federal judge in New York on Tuesday denied a bid from the Justice Department to replace the team of lawyers on the census citizenship question case, writing that its request to do so was “patently deficient.” The department had earlier …
DOJ announces legal team shift over citizenship question on 2020 census
The U.S. Justice Department said Sunday it is seeking a new legal team in its efforts to add a citizenship question on the 2020 census after the Supreme Court temporarily blocked its inclusion. James Burnham, the current deputy attorney general in the DOJ’s civil division and former White House lawyer, will no longer be heading …
Census 2020: Trump pursues citizenship question without firm plan
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionUS President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House The Trump administration will continue to pursue a way of adding a citizenship question to the census, lawyers said in court filings submitted on Friday. But administration lawyers failed to provide any legal justification for the …
