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2020 Census will not include citizenship question, Justice Department confirms
In an email to plaintiffs of the case today, DOJ trial attorney Kate Bailey said “the printer has been instructed to begin the printing process.”
“I respect the Supreme Court but strongly disagree with its ruling regarding my decision to reinstate a citizenship question on the 2020 Census,” Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement on Tuesday. “The Census Bureau has started the process of printing the decennial questionnaires without the question. My focus, and that of the Bureau and the entire Department is to conduct a complete and accurate census.”
“The Census Bureau has started the process of printing the decennial questionnaires without the question,” he continued. “My focus, and that of the bureau and the entire department is to conduct a complete and accurate census.”
