17 states, six cities, D.C. sue feds over Census citizenship question

Seventeen states, the District of Columbia and six cities sued the U.S. government Tuesday, saying the addition of a citizenship question to the Census form is unconstitutional.

The Trump administration’s decision to ask people about their citizenship has set off worries among Democrats that immigrants will dodge the survey, diluting representation for states that tend to vote Democratic and robbing communities of federal dollars. It would be the first time in 70 years the government has used the Census form to ask people to specify whether they are U.S. citizens.