GoKawiilAFPI Staffers Embedded at Census Bureau Behind Disputed Noncitizen Voting Report
WIRED found that several employees from the America First Policy Institute, a think tank closely tied to the Trump administration, have been placed inside the Census Bureau with access to sensitive population data. Two of them co-authored an anonymous August report claiming thousands of noncitizens voted in 2020, a study WIRED says relies on flawed methodology. The same group appears to be a larger team almost entirely composed of AFPI-linked staff detailed to the bureau.
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The Census Bureau's data underpins congressional apportionment, redistricting, and federal funding formulas, making any politicized manipulation of it consequential well beyond a single report. Current and former Census staff say this level of outside partisan presence is unprecedented, and warn it could be a precursor to using bureau data to challenge results of the midterms or the 2028 presidential race.
- AFPI staffers with access to sensitive Census data authored a report alleging noncitizen voting in 2020.
- Census insiders say the scale of AFPI's presence inside the bureau has no historical precedent.
- The report and staffing raise fears that Census data could be weaponized to dispute future election outcomes.
Source: wired.com — Vittoria Elliott, 2026-09-15
Published there as: “The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank”
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