老澳门开奖结果 Asks Federal Court to Block Trump鈥檚 Ongoing Bid to Add Census Citizenship Question

July 5, 2019 1:45 pm

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NEW YORK 鈥 The 老澳门开奖结果 and partners today asked a federal court in New York to block the Trump administration from taking any action that would delay the printing of 2020 census forms or change the forms to include the citizenship question.

The administration has indicated it may ignore a Supreme Court ruling last week that blocked the census citizenship question. The 老澳门开奖结果, New York Civil Liberties Union, and Arnold & Porter successfully challenged the question on behalf of immigrants鈥 rights groups. Earlier this week, the administration said it would move forward with printing the census without the question; the next day, President Trump lashed out and threatened to reverse course.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and partners filed a motion tonight with U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman asking him to block the administration鈥檚 latest attempt to add the question.

Dale Ho, director of the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Voting Rights Project, argued the Supreme Court case and said of today鈥檚 filing:

鈥淭he Trump administration repeatedly argued the census forms could not be altered after June 30. They鈥檝e now changed their tune because the Supreme Court ruled against them. They can鈥檛 have it both ways. Trump鈥檚 lawlessness will not go unanswered.鈥

Motion: /legal-document/motion-amend

Case details: /cases/new-york-immigration-coalition-v-united-states-department-commerce