This is the second installment of a two-part feature on how COVID-19 could impact the sentence. Click here for the first installment.
With the COVID-19 pandemic leading to stay-at-home orders around Texas and across the country, an already expected census undercount could prove to be worse than projected. And such an undercount could have a serious impact on federal services in Texas, including the ability to respond to epidemics like the one we’re in right now.