The California-Trump war opened up a new front Monday evening.
Within a couple of hours of the Commerce Department announcing it would ask about citizenship on the 2020 Census forms, California announced that it would sue to stop the effort.
In a statement late Monday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the lawsuit.
“We’re prepared to do what we must to protect California from a deficient Census. Including a citizenship question on the 2020 census is not just a bad idea — it is illegal,” Mr. Becerra said in a statement.
#BREAKING: Filing suit against @realdonaldtrump’s Administration over decision to add #citizenship question on #2020Census. Including the question is not just a bad idea — it is illegal: https://t.co/vW8sa7khq9
— Xavier Becerra (@AGBecerra) March 27, 2018
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• Victor Morton can be reached at vmorton@washingtontimes.com.
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