U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released fourth-quarter fiscal year (FY) 2021 reports offering a snapshot of statistics for the entire fiscal year.
act, saying that citizenship data needed to be collected for that. and the chief began to realize that that rationale was invented and it mattered. so in the end he decided that the contrived rationale, and contrived is his word, actually matter to the bottom line vote for secretary ross, invalidating it as he did in june. so it was from april to june that this all unfolded. and it recalled in some way what the chief had done in 2012 when he voted with the four liberals in a much more surprising manner to uphold president obama's affordable care act. so twice we've had these cases go down to the wire, and chief justice john roberts, who is otherwise a very reliable conservative, casting this vote. >> that's right, appointed by george w. bush. >> that's right. >> and you think of the fanfare that went into that appointment and that confirmation and being such a young chief justice who is clearly going to serve an important role for years and
fight in court to get it on the questionnaire, president trump has now simply signed an executive order. >> i am here by ordering every department and agency in the federal government to provide the department of commerce with all requested records regarding the number of citizens and non-citizens in our country. >> but the president in backing down here, he's also hinting though at another possible political fight. he said that politicians may also soon use the citizenship data to try to draw voting districts, by counting voters as opposed to all residents. that is a whole other issue that would draw a whole other set of court battles so this might not actually be the end. guys? >> you have not heard the last of this. jessica, thanks for that. let's bring in washington post congressional reporter, a cnn political analyst. good morning. >> good morning. >> between the census, the president not going to defy the supreme court but he's going to go back and find a way to get
nominate someone you think should be a "cnn hero." thanks for watching. our coverage continues. good evening. today president trump chose not to defy the supreme court. he backed down on putting a question about citizenship on the 2020 census. the court, you'll recall, didn't buy the administration's rationale that this was being done to protect minorities by allowing better enforcement of the voting rights act and putting the citizenship question on the census was the only way to get accurate data. this evening in the rose garden, the president revealed that argument to be about as credible as the court did. then he did something pretty remarkable. he actually undercut his own original argument and said there's really no need for a census question at all. instead he directed agencies to gather citizenship data by other means. and as he typically does when blocked on something, whether it's legislation, executive action or golf course he wants to build, he pitched plan b as even better than plan a. >> with today's executive order, which eliminates longstanding obstacles to data sharing, we're
census. after a week of insisting his administration would continue to fight in court to get it on the questionnaire. >> i'm here by ordering the requested number of records regarding the number of citizens and non-citizens in our country. >> reporter: but the president in backing down here, he's hinting at another possible political fight. he said politicians may also soon use this citizenship data to try to draw voting districts in states, by counting all voters as opposed to you. this might not be the end. >> thank you. turning to immigration and the roundup of undocumented migrants set to start on sunday.
the department of commerce with all requested records regarding the number of citizens and non-citizens in our country. >> reporter: but the president in backing down here, he's also hinting at another possible political fight. he said that politicians may also soon use this citizenship data to try to draw voting districts in states, by counting only voters as opposed to all residents. of course, that is a whole other issue that would draw a whole other sort of court battles. >> thank you so much for that. no one is backing down with nancy pelosi and the squad. the clash began when pelosi told her caucus this week behind closed doors to stop attacking each other on twitter. pelosi elaborated yesterday.
jeanne moos, cnn. >> i'm a very stable genius. thank you, mr. president. >> reporter: new york. >> and thanks so much for joining us. a. c-360 with anderson starts right now. >> good evening. today president trump chose not to defy the supreme court. he backed down on putting a question about citizenship on the 2020 census. the court, you'll recall, didn't buy the administration's rationale that this was being done to protect minorities by allowing better enforcement of the voting rights act and putting the citizenship question on the census was the only way to get accurate data. this evening in the rose garden, the president revealed that argument to be about as credible as the court did. then he did something pretty remarkable. he actually undercut his own original argument and said there's really no need for a census question at all. instead he directed agencies to gather citizenship data by other means. and as he typically does when blocked unr on something whether it's legislation, executive action or golf course he wants
the department of commerce with all requested records regarding the number of citizens and non-citizens in our country. >> reporter: but the president in backing down here, he's hinting at another possible political fight. he said politicians may also soon use this citizenship data to try to draw voting districts in states by counting only voters as opposed to all residents. that is a whole other issue that would draw a whole other set of court battles so this might not actually be the end. guys. >> thank you so much for that. turning to the immigration issue and the roundup of undocumented migrants. that's set to start on sunday. it's the first time this operation has been announced in advance. the raids are expected in atlanta, baltimore, chicago, denver, houston, new orleans. new orleans was on the list but city officials say enforcement will be suspended. the region is dealing with tropical storms. many officials are 1350speaking
very existence of a very important word and a very important thing, citizenship. far-left democrats in our country are determined to conceal the number of illegal aliens in our midst. they probably know the number is it far greater, much higher than anyone would have ever believed before, maybe that's why they fight so hard. this is part of a broader left-wing effort to erode the rights of the american citizen and is very unfair to our country. keep in mind that the government already collects citizenship data through what's known as american community survey. samples approximately 2% of households every year. as nbc's pete williams explains, that information is combined with data from other government agencies. >> the census counts everybody, the entire population, not just citizens. it certainly would be a