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President Trump Orders Census Delayed After Supreme Court Rules It Can’t Include Citizenship Question

Emily Zanotti

President Donald Trump says he’s ordered his attorneys to seek a delay in issuing the 2020 census after the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration may not be able to include a question about citizenship status.

The President announced his decision to delay the census on Twitter, taking aim at the Supreme Court for its “ridiculous” decision blocking the administration from inquiring — even anonymously — into the citizenship status of census takers.

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