April 13, 2021 4:58 p.m.
American Statical Association president Rob Santos has been picked by President Biden to lead the Census Bureau. The ASA played a prominent role in monitoring the success of the 2020 census amid President Trump’s efforts to hijack the survey for political ends.
If confirmed by the Senate, Santos will be the agency’s first Latino director, NPR reported. He will fill the vacancy created by the Jan. 20 departure of Trump’s appointed director, Steve Dillingham, who left amid the Trump-era controversies when he still had nearly a year left of his term.
Santos will have the opportunity to be reappointed for another term when the current five-year term for bureau director ends in December, according to NPR.
President Joe Biden has picked statistician Robert Santos as the next Census Bureau director, the White House announced Tuesday, setting the stage for the first person of color to permanently head the agency if confirmed by the Senate.
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February 1, 2021 3:46 p.m.
Like so many episodes in the Trump era, one of the administration’s most audacious moves was first made public in a tweet.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was in a bind. At the time, a court order giving the Census Bureau more time to finish its count put in jeopardy Trump’s plan to fundamentally change how political power is doled out across the country. The President wanted to exclude undocumented immigrants from the congressional apportionment count, which would starve immigrant-friendly states of House seats while boosting the representation of whiter, more reliably Republican parts of the country.