ACLU sues Trump administration over census citizenship question

Published June 6, 2018 4:41pm ET



The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Trump administration Wednesday to challenge its decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census.

Filed on behalf of five immigrants’ rights groups in federal court in Manhattan, the ACLU suit argued the Department of Commerce committed statutory and constitutional violations by including the question. The ACLU is asking the court to keep the question off the census form.

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