© 2024 LEHIGHVALLEYNEWS.COM
Your Local News | Allentown, Bethlehem & Easton
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
Available On Air Stations
Latino Community

Census 2020: Why it matters to Lehigh Valley’s Latinx and Hispanic communities

thumbnail_Image
Photo | File
/
Brad Klein (left) and Norman Bristol Colón.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - In the second episode of Census 2020: Why It Matters, we look at the challenges and importance of counting the Latinx/Hispanic and immigrant communities in the Lehigh Valley. WLVR’s Brad Klein speaks with Norman Bristol Colón, the  executive director of the “Census 2020 Complete Count Commission.”

The commission was established by the executive order of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf. Mr. Colón says that the debate over a ‘citizenship question’ has had a chilling effect on those groups even though the courts blocked its inclusion in the 2020 Census.

Learn more about our Census 2020: Why It Matters series.