President Trump’s chief immigration and citizenship officer believes that the 2020 U.S. census will include a question on citizenship.
Acting United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ken Cuccinelli predicted that Trump would ultimately succeed in amending the 2020 census. Cuccinelli appeared on Fox News Sunday with guest host Dana Perino, according to a clip of the show released early on Twitter.
“I do think [a citizenship question will be on the 2020 census],” Cuccinelli said. “I think the president has expressed determination. He’s noted that the Supreme Court didn’t say this can’t be asked, they said they didn’t appreciate the process by which it came forward the first time.”
“The president is determined to fix that and have it roll forward in the 2020 census,” Cuccinelli said.
.@DanaPerino asks @USCISCuccinelli if there will be a citizenship question on the 2020 census #FNS pic.twitter.com/VtnNxphVjF
— FoxNewsSunday (@FoxNewsSunday) July 7, 2019
The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s push to include a citizenship question on June 27 in a 5-4 decision. The justices did not kill the possibility of adding the question, but questioned the sincerity of the Trump administration’s motives. The court asked the administration to resubmit the request with better reasoning.
The Commerce Department had argued that allowing the question would aid the Justice Department in enforcing the Voting Rights Act.
Trump announced last week that he is considering an executive order to put the question on the census instead of working through the Supreme Court.
