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John Gore, the then-acting head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, speaks during a 2018 news conference in Charlottesville, Va.

DOJ Official Behind Failed Census Citizenship Question To Leave Department

9:48pm August 08, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

John Gore, the main Justice Department official behind the Trump administration's failed push for a citizenship question, is set to leave the department, a person familiar with the matter tells NPR.

"It's time to get to work to make sure everyone participates in the census," says Yatziri Tovar, a spokesperson for Make the Road New York, an immigrant rights organization based in New York City that successfully sued to block Trump administration plans

Push For A Full 2020 Count Ramps Up After Census Citizenship Question Fight

9:38am July 31, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

Immigrant advocacy groups are trying to encourage noncitizens to take part in the national head count while many remain skeptical after the Trump administration's failed citizenship question push.

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Former acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights John Gore speaks at the Justice Department in 2018 in Washington, D.C. Gore and other Trump administration officials are accused of providing false or misleading statements about the origins of a c

Trump Officials Face Cover-Up Allegations After Failed Citizenship Question Push

7:24pm July 16, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

Challengers of the Trump administration's push for a census citizenship question are asking a federal judge in New York to impose penalties for allegedly false or misleading statements by officials.

President Trump, flanked by Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross (left) and Attorney General William Barr, delivers remarks on citizenship and the census in the Rose Garden at the White House on Thursday.

Trump Backs Off Census Fight, Orders Agencies To Share Data On Citizenship Status

7:03pm July 11, 2019

The administration has been pushing to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The move has been blocked by the Supreme Court for now, so President Trump turned to an executive order.

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U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman, who hears cases at the federal courthouse in New York City, on Tuesday denied the Trump administration's request to swap out its entire legal team for the New York-based lawsuits over a potential citizenship question on t

Judges Reject Trump Administration Request To Swap Out Lawyers In Census Cases

7:33pm July 10, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

Two federal judges have rejected the Trump administration's requests to completely change the legal teams defending its efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks at an event in February in North Las Vegas, Nev., while campaigning for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

Cory Booker Wants To Block Use Of Census Citizenship Data To Draw Voting Districts

1:18pm July 10, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Democratic senator and presidential hopeful is introducing a bill to prevent a transformation of the redistricting process that he says could give Republicans a political advantage.

The Justice Department says it's changing the lineup of lawyers involved in the lawsuits over the Trump administration's push to get a citizenship question on the 2020 census forms.

Justice Department Changes Legal Team Behind Census Citizenship Question Case

11:21pm July 07, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Justice Department did not provide an explanation for why it's switching out lawyers representing the Trump administration in the ongoing legal battle over a potential census citizenship question.

Demonstrators against a proposal to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in April.

Judge To Review Claims Of Census Citizenship Question's 'Discriminatory' Origins

8:38pm July 05, 2019

While the Justice Department continues exploring possible ways to add a question about citizenship to the census forms, a federal judge in Maryland is moving ahead with reopening two cases against it.

People gather in front of the Supreme Court last week, some opposing the controversial citizenship question that the Trump administration tried to add to the 2020 census.

Trump Administration To Print 2020 Census Without Citizenship Question

10:45pm July 02, 2019

Days after the Supreme Court ruled to keep the question off the census for now, the Trump administration decided to stand down on its efforts to push for its addition on forms for next year's count.

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The printing of 1.5 billion paper forms and other mailings for the 2020 census was scheduled to begin on July 1.

Trump Administration's Delay In Census Printing Sets Up Count's 'Biggest Risk'

9:09am July 02, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Trump administration appears to have delayed the printing of 1.5 billion paper forms and other mailings for next year's count as it decides whether to try again to add a citizenship question.

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