Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-trump-holds-news-conference-on-2020-census-citizenship-question Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: Trump abandons 2020 census citizenship question, but seeks data from federal agencies Politics Jul 11, 2019 10:26 AM EDT President Donald Trump is abandoning his effort to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. Instead, Trump says he’s ordering every federal department and agency to provide the Commerce Department with all records it requests pertaining to the number of citizens and noncitizens in the country. Trump says he will sign an executive order to put this new plan into effect “immediately.” Trump’s plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census was thwarted by a recent Supreme Court ruling on legal challenges to the effort. The Associated Press wrote this story. The PBS NewsHour is producing this video. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now
President Donald Trump is abandoning his effort to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. Instead, Trump says he’s ordering every federal department and agency to provide the Commerce Department with all records it requests pertaining to the number of citizens and noncitizens in the country. Trump says he will sign an executive order to put this new plan into effect “immediately.” Trump’s plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census was thwarted by a recent Supreme Court ruling on legal challenges to the effort. The Associated Press wrote this story. The PBS NewsHour is producing this video. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now