I have a lot of respect for Wired's reporting but this is wrong.
No one who worked on this report is from Census CES.
@wired.com should correct their error or provide more detail because this element of the story is wrong and vague.
@wired.comCensus Bureau sources who spoke to WIRED could not say what prompted the report. Records reviewed by WIRED, though, show it originated at the Center for Economic Studies, a division within the Census Bureau that uses confidential data to conduct research.
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A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions
Trump has touted a recent Census report. WIRED found grave flaws in its analysis and the process behind it, and confirmed the identity of several of its authors—among them a one-time DOGE affiliate.