B4 NATION East Oregonian Wednesday, July 3, 2019 Delay in census could gum up fi nely calibrated planning Monday was the deadline to start printing documents By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press WASHINGTON — Pres- ident Donald Trump said he has asked about delaying the 2020 census over a citizen- ship question, but experts say any delay could gum up the U.S. Census Bureau’s fi nely calibrated timetable for the 10-year count. Monday was the deadline to start printing the 600 mil- lion documents that will be mailed to 130 million house- holds for next April’s census count. For months, the Trump administration had argued that the courts needed to decide quickly whether the citizenship question could be added to the 2020 cen- sus because of the looming deadline. “I think it’s very import- ant to fi nd out if somebody is a citizen as opposed to an illegal,” Trump told report- ers Monday. “There’s a big difference to me between being a citizen of the United States and being an illegal.” The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that the AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File Nana Gyamfi , executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, left, reads a state- ment as Gustavo Torres, right, executive director of CASA, an advocacy group for the immi- grant community, stands with his activists, after the Supreme Court put a hold on the Trump administration’s eff ort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, on Capitol Hill. question couldn’t be added for now. Trump tweeted that he had asked lawyers if the count can be delayed until the court can reevaluate the matter. Julie Iriondo, a bureau spokeswoman, said early Monday that she didn’t know if any printing sched- ule changes had been decided. From a logistical stand- point, any delay “would be a nightmare,” said John Thompson, who served as Census Bureau direc- tor during President Barack Obama’s second term. The bureau is already in the process of signing almost 250 offi ce leases across the U.S. and has hired 1,500 specialists who part- ner with community organi- zations to encourage people to participate in the census. More than 170,000 recruits have already fi lled out applications for the almost half-million positions being created for the count. The bureau has helped set up more than 1,500 committees nationwide that will work to get everyone to respond. Furthermore, Con- gress would have to change the law for the count to be delayed because Title 13 of the U.S. Code mandates that it take place on April 1, 2020, Thompson said. “I don’t think there’s any ambiguity, but I’m not a lawyer,” Thompson said. Fewer people are expected to fi ll out the ques- tionnaires using paper than in years past because the bureau for the fi rst time is relying on most respon- dents to use the internet to answer questions. Still, printed postcards and letters will be sent out next March reminding residents it’s time to answer the questionnaire, and those who don’t respond digitally will be mailed paper questionnaires. As recently as last week, the Trump administration’s solicitor general wrote in court papers that the Census Bureau needed to fi nalize the questions by June. Any changes to the paper ques- tionnaire after June would impair the bureau’s ability to conduct the count in a timely manner, wrote Noel Francisco. A spokesman for R.R. Donnelley & Sons, the com- pany awarded the $114 mil- lion printing contract for the 2020 census, didn’t respond to an email seeking com- ment Monday. If there’s a delay, R.R. Donnelley & Sons may have to pay workers overtime and run the presses longer hours, but the questionnaires will get printed, said James Clement, an equity research analyst for the Buckingham Research Group. In a worst case, scenario, the nation’s biggest printing companies have underuti- lized presses, he added. “If there are delays, it becomes a hassle, maybe, but it’s not like the job isn’t going to get done,” Clement said Monday. More than two dozen Democratic U.S. senators last week sent a letter urging U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to drop any further pursuit of the citi- zenship question because it will delay the bureau’s abil- ity to conduct the count. “The 2020 Census is less than half a year away, and any unnecessary delay in operations would impact the ability of the Census Bureau to count every person in our country,” the letter said. Thompson said the pace of the legal system may have an unintended consequence if Trump wants to delay the count until the U.S. Supreme Court makes another deci- sion: The president may be out of offi ce if he loses the 2020 election. EASTERN OREGON marketplace Place classified ads online at www.easternoregonmarketplace.com or call 1-800-962-2819 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. After hours, leave a voicemail and we’ll confirm your ad the next business day. 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