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NAACP sues Trump administration over 2020 census concerns

By Melissa Quinn
Published March 28, 2018 9:12pm ET
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NAACP sues Trump administration over 2020 census concerns
The 2020 U.S. Census will add a question about citizenship status, a move that brought swift condemnation from Democrats who said it would intimidate immigrants and discourage them from participating. | (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is suing the Trump administration in an effort to prevent the upcoming census from undercounting African-Americans and other people of color, resulting in inequities in representation and a loss of federal dollars.

The NAACP filed its lawsuit in conjunction with Prince George’s County, Md., and seeks to compel the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau to conduct a “full and fair” census in 2020.

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