Federal judge strikes down effort to add citizenship question to Census
- John Katz

 - Dec 2, 2019
 - 1 min read
 

(CNN) A federal judge in New York has struck down the Trump administration's proposal to reintroduce a citizenship question into the 2020 census. The ruling effectively puts a freeze on a deeply contentious move that critics said would discourage non-citizens from participating in the Census. The Justice Department has said it needed better data on the voting age population to help enforce the Voting Rights Act. Read More




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