CENSUS 2020 UPDATE, October 16, 2020:

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The 2020 Census count is finally over. For the last eleven months, ICIRR and our 75 partners have been working to get out the count in Illinois in order to secure resources and representation for immigrant communities across the state. Over the course of the campaign, and amidst a global pandemic, we assisted over 29,000 households with completing their Census. This is huge for our communities and for our state. 

We want to thank ALL of our community partners who trained over 2,100 trusted messengers in order to make over 500,000 calls, knock on over 75,000 doors, and host over 770 events. 

The future of our representation, however, remains in question. The Trump administration is continuing its efforts to exclude undocumented immigrants from upcoming reapportionment, and the Supreme Court will hear a case this Fall that could decide the future of how our communities are counted in Congress. You can follow the ongoing litigation here. 

The Census campaign showed the incredible power that has built in our communities. For the last seven months our call to action has been to complete your Census. You still have until 5am on Friday morning to do so. But our call now goes beyond that: it’s time to vote, and to make sure that elected officials in Washington DC make sure our communities are fully counted and continue to be represented in its halls.