Statement from Julie Menin, NYC Census 2020 Director and Executive Assistant Corporation Counsel, NYC Law Department on today’s U.S. Southern District of New York’s 2020 Census Ruling

In response to today’s U.S. Southern District of New York Court’s ruling declaring that President Trump’s memo attempting to exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment count tied to the 2020 Census is unlawful, Julie Menin, Director of NYC Census 2020 and Executive Assistant Corporation Counsel, NYC Law Department issued the following statement:

"Today’s ruling affirms what we already know all too well: that if something is hateful, incompetent, and illegal, President Trump isn’t going to be able to keep his hands off of it. No matter how many times he’s tried to undermine, thwart, or manipulate the census, he’s failed in court at every turn, and instead of focusing on protecting the people of this nation, he’s hard at work trying to find new ways to throw us in harm’s way. Working with Attorney General Letitia James, NYC has previously taken the President all the way to the Supreme Court – and won – and today’s ruling proves that we will continue to prevail against these illegal and unconstitutional attempts to deprive our city’s immigrants of the money, power, and respect to which they are rightfully entitled."