WASHINGTON - U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham is resigning after a watchdog agency alleged he set a deadline that pressured statisticians to produce a report on the number of people in the U.S.
illegally.Dillingham, whose resignation will be effective Wednesday, wrote a farewell message to bureau staff. The message was posted on the bureau’s website."I retired from Federal service nearly five years ago but returned because I felt a calling to serve once more," Dillingham wrote. "Effective January 20, 2021, I will be retiring from my position as director of the U.S.