New York state will sue to block Census citizenship question

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Source: Reuters

POLITICS MARCH 27, 2018 / 11:35 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

New York state will sue to block Census citizenship question

Reuters Staff
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(Reuters) - New York state’s attorney general said on Tuesday he will lead a multistate lawsuit to try to stop the federal government from asking people whether they are citizens in the 2020 Census, arguing the move will discourage immigrants from participating.

The U.S. Commerce Department, which runs the Census Bureau, announced on Monday that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross had decided to include the citizenship question after a Justice Department request based on a desire for better enforcement of the Voting Rights Act. The act protects minorities’ voting rights.

Ross had decided that “obtaining complete and accurate information to meet this legitimate government purpose outweighed the limited potential adverse impacts,” the department said in a statement.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said that demanding to know respondents’ citizenship status “will create an environment of fear and distrust in immigrant communities that would make impossible both an accurate Census and the fair distribution of federal tax dollars.”

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-census/new-york-state-will-sue-to-block-census-citizenship-question-idUSKBN1H328L

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1. California too... Texas has a large Hispanic population, as do several southern states like GA

Will any of these RED states AGs join the Blue states in filing suit?