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Data would redraw districts that would be advantageous to republicans and non-hispanic whites. it made its way into the justice department citizen request. the justice department denies the link. before the files were uncovered, three federal courts ruled the citizen question could not be added. one judge concluded wilber russ announced his decision in a manner that concealed its true basis. as the president defends the citizenship question -- >> i think it's totally ridiculous we would have a census without asking. >> reporter: opposition has sprung from civil rights organizations. former cen...

Or not. everyone will be impacted? >> absolutely. so it's another effort, we think, to punish states that have large numbers of immigrants, states that are bluer states that tend to have larger number of immigrants and are more welcoming to immigrants. but again, this is something that has a lawyer, as a lawyer for the people of the state, this offends my constitutional sensibilities. this is something that in 2009, when this came up again, all eight of the previous census directors, republican and democrat, took the position that this would depress turnout. the largest association of statisti...

We should count all, that will be a huge hurdle for the trump >> and so asking about citizenship here, chris, it does not appear based on the explanation from raul that it is illegal or not part of the intention, but it is a question that critics will say might keep away those who are not citizens of the united states. >> well, that is exactly right. and this is part of a larger power play by the trump administration. not only to make it more challenging for communities of color to vote, to support jerry mander districts, to scape goat communities. and we have six former census directors who h...

The person that ran the census, he says quote, it would be a horrendous problem for the census burro and create controversies. the guy who ran the census under richard nixon and ford and carter says adding this question would be quote beyond comprehension at this point, it would be really bad. four former census directors told the supreme court in a legal filing, if this particular question was added to the census, the sum effect would be bad census data. and yet, the trump administration is going ahead and doing it. they announced they are adding a citizen ship question to the next census, wh...

The person that ran the sense us -- census under our last republican president, president bush, he says, quote, it would be a horrendous problem for the census bureau and create controversies. the guy who ran the census under richard nixon and ford and carter says adding this question would be, quote, beyond comprehension at this point, it would be really bad. four former census directors told the supreme court in a legal filing, if this particular question was added to the census, the sum effect would be bad census data. and yet, the trump administration is going ahead and doing it. they anno...