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This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident as part of the nation’s only test run of the 2020 Census.
Associated Press
Trump abandons bid to include citizenship question on census

By J. COLVIN, M. SHERMAN and Z. MILLER es. He insisted he was “not backing down,” de- disputing his administration’s rationale for de-
Associated Press claring in a Rose Garden announcement that manding that census respondents declare
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump the goal was simple and reasonable: “a clear whether or not they were citizens. Trump had
abandoned his controversial bid to inject a citi- breakdown of the number of citizens and non- said last week that he was “very seriously” con-
zenship question into next year’s census Thurs- citizens that make up the United States popu- sidering an executive order to try to force the
day, instead directing federal agencies to try to lation.” But the decision was clearly a reversal, question.
compile the information using existing databas- after the Supreme Court blocked his effort by Continued on Page 2