A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted an injunction on Wednesday that prevents a citizenship question from appearing on the 2020 census.
The Secretary of Commerce had previously ordered the question, “Is this person a citizen of the United States?” to appear on the 2020 census.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) had requested the inclusion of the question to support enforcement of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The DOJ originally declined to request the question be added to the census.
