Citizenship Question Stays on Census, Federal Judge Rules

Citizenship Question Stays on Census, Federal Judge Rules
Forms for Census 2010 are displayed in Washington on April 1, 2010. The census is conducted every 10 years. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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A federal judge has rejected an activist group’s request to prevent the Trump administration from asking 2020 Census respondents if they are U.S. citizens.

In recent decades, Democrats and Republicans have fought bitterly over how the decennial, constitutionally mandated head count is carried out.