Bloomberg Law
March 29, 2018, 1:32 PM UTC

What to Know About the Census Citizenship Showdown

Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson

• Trump administration wants to add citizenship question to 2020 census

• Would suppress response rates and under-count minorities, opponents say

• California, New York suing to stop question from appearing on census

The Trump administration’s after-hours announcement March 26 that it intends to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census ignited an immediate and intense response from blue states.

California sued the administration that same day to stop the citizenship question from appearing on the upcoming census. New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced March 27 that he’ll lead a multi-state effort to do the same ...

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