After presidential tweet, Trump attorneys say census citizenship question is still possible
by Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times
Jul 03, 2019
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration reversed course again on the controversial issue of putting a question about citizenship on the 2020 census, as Justice Department lawyers told a federal court Wednesday that they had been "instructed" to try to find a way to add the question, despite statements from the administration Tuesday that they were giving up the effort.
The Commerce Department, which oversees the Census Bureau, said Tuesday it would begin printing census forms without the controversial citizenship question, retreating from a legal
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