State AGs and Cities Sue Feds Over Census Citizenship Question

Route Fifty: Attorneys general from 17 states and the District of Columbia, along with six cities and a bipartisan group of mayors, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in an effort to block the Trump administration from including a controversial question about citizenship in the 2020 census.

The Commerce Department announced last month that, following a request from the Department of Justice, the Census Bureau plans to ask everyone surveyed during the next decennial population count about their citizenship status. DOJ asked for such a question to be included to help enforce the Voting Rights Act, according to Commerce.

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