The administration insists the question is important. Critics say asking it will undermine accuracy.
By Robert Barnes and Robert Barnes Reporter covering the U.S. Supreme Court Email Bio Follow Mark Berman Mark Berman National news reporter Email Bio Follow April 23 at 6:00 AM The Supreme Court on Tuesday takes up the term’s most important case to the Trump administration, whether it may add a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census form sent to every American household.
The case has generated an outpouring of amicus briefs, filed mostly on the side of the states, cities and counties and immigrants rights groups challenging the decision. Experts calculated that adding the question could mean an undercount of as many as 6.5 million people and cause special harm to urban areas and states with large immigrant populations. California, for instance, worries it could lose as many as three congressional seats.
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