Washington: US President Donald Trump has indicated that he might seek an executive order to place a citizenship question on the census, one of several options his administration wass considering in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that stymied its push to do so. Meanwhile, a federal judge rejected the administration's request to freeze a lawsuit alleging the White House intended to discriminate against Hispanics with its drive to add the citizenship question, reports Efe news.
The judge's order on Friday followed a Justice Department filing in the case saying it was still exploring whether and how to continue fighting to add the question. Administration lawyers worked over the July Fourth holiday to try to come up with a path for getting the question onto the census forms, which are already being printed without it.
"The Departments of Justice and Commerce have been asked to re-evaluate all available options following the Supreme Court's decision and whether the Supreme Court's decision (in a separate census case) would allow for a new decision to include the citizenship question," the lawyers wrote in a court filing.
