Multistate coalition expected to challenge citizenship question on Census

By Melissa Quinn

Published March 27, 2018 8:26pm ET

Multistate coalition expected to challenge citizenship question on Census — The nation's Hispanic population grew by 2.2 percent to 56.6 million, and New Mexico had the largest percentage of Latinos in the country at 48 percent, according to new information from the U.S. Census Bureau. Data also showed New Mexico has one of the highest percentages of minorities in the country. | (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

A multistate coalition is planning to sue the Trump administration over the addition of a citizenship question on the upcoming Census.

The impending multistate lawsuit, which is being led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, follows a legal challenge filed by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra over the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census.

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