Trial Over 2020 Census Citizenship Question Begins in California

Trial Over 2020 Census Citizenship Question Begins in California
A U.S. Census envelope in a file photo. Michelle R. Smith/AP Photo
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A federal court trial began on Jan. 7 in San Francisco, California, against the Trump administration’s decision to reinstate a citizenship question into the 2020 Census.

The trial, comprising of two related cases, challenges the department’s decision to re-insert a question that asks people to provide their citizenship status. This question was last asked in 1950.