{"id":5084620,"date":"2018-03-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/california-ny-sue-trump-administration-over-addition-of-citizenship-question-to-u-s-census\/"},"modified":"2018-03-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T04:00:00","slug":"california-ny-sue-trump-administration-over-addition-of-citizenship-question-to-u-s-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2018\/03\/28\/california-ny-sue-trump-administration-over-addition-of-citizenship-question-to-u-s-census\/","title":{"rendered":"California, NY Sue Trump Administration Over Addition Of Citizenship Question To U.S. Census"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> California Attorney General Xaavier Berrera is among those suing the Trump AdmisntrationPhoto credit: Disobedientmedia.com<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe state of California sued the Trump administration Monday night, arguing that the decision to add a question about citizenship\u00a0in the 2020 Census\u00a0violates the U.S. Constitution. The state\u2019s attorney general acted just after the Commerce Department announced the change in a late-night release.<br \/>\nThe action was followed Tuesday by an announcement from New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman that he will lead a multi-state lawsuit to preserve what he said was a fair and accurate Census.<br \/>\nThe suits are just the start of what is likely to be a broader battle with enormous political stakes that pits the administration against many Democratic states, which believe that the citizenship question will reduce the response rate for the census and produce undercounts. As a result, opponents say, states with significant immigrant populations stand to lose seats in state legislatures and Congress, along with electoral college votes in presidential elections and federal funding based on census counts.<br \/>\nRepublicans gained a significant advantage in redrawing maps after the 2010 Census, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-fix\/wp\/2018\/01\/24\/why-democrats-should-be-very-worried-about-the-census-requesting-citizenship-info\/?utm_term=.de7c9d74d695\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as The Washington Post\u2019s Aaron Blake has reported.<\/a>\u00a0Democrats worry about a repeat.<br \/>\nCalifornia Attorney General Xavier Becerra was among\u00a0several\u00a0Democrats who vowed to challenge the addition of &#8230;&#8230;<br \/>\n<em><strong>To read full article, please visit: https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2018\/03\/27\/california-sues-trump-administration-over-decision-to-add-citizenship-question-to-census\/?utm_term=.53bfb6f218d2&amp;wpisrc=nl_most&amp;wpmm=1<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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