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Census Bureau says it will stop trying to deliver tally of undocumented to Trump Tara Bahrampour © Provided by The Washington Post The U.S. Census Bureau has apparently abandoned its effort to compile tallies of undocumented immigrants, effectively ending President Trump’s quest to exclude them from congressional apportionment, according to a letter posted on its website Wednesday afternoon. The statement came a day after the Commerce Department’s Office of Inspector General sent a letter outlining reports from whistleblowers who said Trump appointees in the bureau ...

You need it for many reasons. >> his appearance comes just hours before the justice department in a new court filing said it is unsure if it will formulate new justification for the question. and in advance to the department's delayed request for a case on whether the government acted with racial motivation. a judge has issued an order for discovery regarding motive to proceed. joining me now is the census director for the national association of latino elect and appointed officials. with a welcome to you. are you straight exactly as to where the president stands on this? because he talks abou...

Were, quote, fake. the justice department said the government still wants to get the question on the census even though the deadline to print the forms has already passed. government lawyers told the judge, quote, we think there may be a legally available path under the supreme court's decision. [chanting] not surprisingly civil rights groups arguing against the citizenship question are outraged. mexican-american legal defense fund, says there's no accounting for doubling down on stupid. democratic presidential hopefuls say the latest court challenge makes no sense to them. >> who knows what h...

The court of its plan by friday afternoon and there are lots of questions about what this means for the census it self. congress will be hearing from the census director at the end of the hearing and may give an update on what is going on. we will have to wait and see what he says. >> did you see fireworks? >> reporter: maybe a few even after the fourth. >> the rhetoric ramping up on this independence day eve about the fourth of july celebration and the doj saying they are trying to find a way to have a citizenship question on the 2020 census. let's bring in andy eggs, great to have you. let's...