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Biden Taps Robert Santos to Become Census Bureau’s First Director of Color

HeadlineApr 14, 2021

President Biden is nominating Robert Santos to head the U.S. Census Bureau. Santos is president of the American Statistical Association. Santos, who is Mexican American, would become the agency’s first permanent director of color. If confirmed, Santos would fill the term of Trump appointee Steven Dillingham, who quit in January following whistleblower complaints over the agency’s attempt to rush an inaccurate report on undocumented residents.

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