Trump administration abruptly gives up fight over census citizenship question
by Noah Bierman and David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times
Jul 02, 2019
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration, abruptly switching course, decided Tuesday to give up its fight to add a question about citizenship to next year's census.
The decision was an unusual retreat by the administration on a high visibility, highly partisan issue and a major victory for civil rights groups and states that had challenged the administration in court.
Administration officials had tried for more than a year to get the
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