WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump claimed executive privilege Wednesday to refuse to hand over documents to opposition Democratic lawmakers investigating a question about citizenship on next year’s once-a-decade U.S. census. Trump’s action came just ahead of a scheduled vote by the House of Representatives Oversight Committee on whether to hold Attorney General William […]
A federal judge has blocked the Commerce Department from including a question about U.S. citizenship on the 2020 census. To plaintiffs in the case — a sizable coalition of states, cities and advocates — the question seemed aimed at turning the official population survey into a tool to advance Trump administration policies by discouraging immigrants from […]
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has announced the next count of every resident in the country will include a question about citizenship status. The U.S. Census Bureau conducts the survey every 10 years, with the next set to come in 2020. The deadline for finalizing the questions is Saturday. Ross said in a memo late […]