Trump Administration’s Delay In Census Printing Sets Up Count’s ‘Biggest Risk’

The printing of 1.5 billion paper forms and other mailings for the 2020 census was scheduled to begin on July 1.

The Trump administration appears to have missed its own deadline Monday to start the printing of paper forms and other mailings that will play a key role in next year’s constitutionally mandated head count of every person living in the U.S.

As of Monday evening, the 2020 census materials did not appear to have been officially approved by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget for printing, according to a website tracking OMB’s review process.

In another sign that production has not begun, Justice Department attorneys told a federal judge in Maryland on Monday that the administration has not yet reached a final decision on whether it will try to make another case in court for adding to census forms a hotly contested citizenship question.