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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2018 Oregon fights Trump on census Lawsuit over citizenship question Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber Northwest Hardwoods • Longview, WA Contact: John Anderson • 360-269-2500 By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, 17 other state attorneys general and six cities filed suit Tuesday to block a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. The state attorneys general are concerned the question will discourage immigrants from participating. Rosenblum joined New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in New York City to announce the lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. Dis- trict Court for the Southern District of New York. “The census is part of the bedrock of our democracy. The U.S. Constitution guar- antees an accurate census be taken every 10 years. Adding a citizenship question to the census form has a deliberate and intended chilling effect on participation,” Rosenblum said. “As state attorneys gen- eral we are committed to mak- ing sure every voice is heard, and we believe that every per- son in America counts.” Accuracy in the census is important for providing appropriate federal funding to states, apportioning congres- sional seats and Electoral Col- lege votes and drawing state and local voting districts. Even a 1 percent under- count on the 2010 Cen- sus would have dramatically reduced Oregon’s federal Medicaid funding by $23 mil- lion, said Kristina Edmunson, a spokeswoman in Rosen- blum’s office. Under the Constitution, the U.S. Census Bureau has an obligation to determine “the whole number of persons WANTED Consult a PROFESSIONAL that I am Q: Now pregnant, my gums are more sensitive and bleed more easily. Why? e body during pregnancy A: Th is going through many JEFFREY M. LEINASSAR DMD, FAGD Pamplin Media Group Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Tuesday that Oregon has joined 17 other states, six cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors to block the new question about citizenship added to the 2020 Census by the Trump administration. in each state.” Yet demanding citizenship information in the census is expected to reduce participation among immi- grants and could cause a pop- ulation undercount, which would disproportionately harm states with large immi- grant communities, according to a news release from Rosen- blum’s office. The lawsuit against the Trump administration is based on the enumeration clause of the U.S. Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act, which permits courts to set aside unlawful or arbi- trary and capricious agency decisions. The attorneys gen- eral argue that the citizen- ship question will impede an actual count required by the Constitution. In addition to New York and Oregon, other plaintiffs include the attorneys general of Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylva- nia, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, Washington state, and the District of Columbia. The cities of Chicago, Phil- adelphia, Providence, San Francisco, Seattle and New York City and the bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors also has joined the suit. Questions about citizen- ship have been part of the decennial census in the past, according to the Census Bureau. From 1970 to 2000 it was part of a “long form” sent to 1-in-6 households. The long form was eliminated in the 2010 Census. In 2005 the Census Bureau started the American Commu- nity Survey, an annual sur- vey sent to about 3.5 million households each year. The survey includes ques- tions about the respondent’s citizenship, according to the Census Bureau. But unlike the actual census, the survey is not used to apportion rep- resentation, Electoral College votes or to determine legisla- tive districts. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. 503/325-0310 1414 MARINE DRIVE, ASTORIA www.smileastoria.com Q: Does Medicare cover chiropractic care? ASTORIA that history, in fact, may have been the driving factor in the state’s decision to impose the fees. Both organizers and those involved with the park’s upkeep speculated that the state was concerned about the use of Confederate flags, which state officials have not confirmed or denied. Last summer, a deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottes- ville, Virginia, and a Confeder- ate flag and rebel decals linked to an award-winning float at the Astoria Regatta prompted national and local debates. Both incidents took place on ‘Nobody here condones what happened in the past. We also need to learn from our past and our history — and if you don’t, you’re doomed to repeat it.’ John Lewis county fair’s maintenance supervisor the same day, just three weeks before the re-enactment. The re-enactors were taunted and threatened on Facebook, prompting Warren- ton police to boost patrols in the area to ensure safety. “Nobody here condones what happened in the past,” Lewis said. “We also need to learn from our past and our history — and if you don’t, you’re doomed to repeat it.” Re-enactors typically stage battles, speeches and other demonstrations of battle- field life over the three-day weekend. Participants often pay tens of thousands of dol- lars toward the hobby and travel lengthy distances to the events. The fairgrounds will offer less room on the battlefield and some structures of a dif- ferent era, but it will still have good sites for camping and battles, Bishop said. He also said it will feature adequate parking and infrastructure. 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