The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on the legal battle to end census counting before the Oct. 31 deadline.

Acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall sent on Wednesday an application for a stay to the Supreme Court allowing the Census Bureau to wrap up its data collection operations before Oct. 31 so that census data can be sent to President Trump by the statutory Dec. 31 deadline. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham moved that deadline to April 30 in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic.