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Had other ways to produce citizenship data using existing records. that's why they said they believed that the citizenship question was only being added to the census to suppress latino responses because they said you could get this information from elsewhere and it would be better data from the outset. so what it really looks like, the census bureau has already committed to producing information of what's called an administrative records match. this looks a lot like president trump may be coming out to order the government to do something it was already doing, calling it a victory, slapping h...

Expected to order the commerce department, instruct the commerce department to come up with a methodology to get this citizenship data through other means, not put it on the upcoming 2020 census, that appears to be an idea that has been tabled for now, although i should point out, one top official at the white house was cautioning that we need to wait to see what the president says later on this afternoon, and that has always been a caution flag that they've thrown up here at the white house ever since donald trump has come into office as president. this has been a big fixation of his over the...

Trump is now expected to ask the commerce department to seek the citizenship data through other means. democrats were fearful the president would instead try to defy a recent supreme court decision against the administration's push to add the question to the census. >> this will be a real test of john roberts and the supreme court, whether they stand for rule of law or are always looking for an excuse to move the country rightward. we'll see. >> reporter: earlier in the week, top administration officials were hinting the president was gearing up for a battle over the citizenship question. >> i...

President trump says he found a new way to find out whether people in this country are here legally ornd. this after abandoning the push to put a controversial controversial question in the 2020 census. did he that. but if you listen to the president, this is not a reversal, failure, not a reversal from the man who vowed to move forward with the question. the president says the commerce department will go all auto and do everything needed to collect everyone in this country's citizenship data. >> today i will be issuing an executive order to put this very plan into effect immediately. i'm here...

Adequately be explained in terms of the department of justice's request for improved citizenship data to better enforce the voting rights act. several points taken together reveal a significant mismatch between the secretary's decision and the rationale he provided. clarence thomas said, i do not that a judge pre-disposed to distrust the secretary or the administration could arrange those facts on a corkboard and with a jar of pins and a spool of string create an eye-catching conspiracy web. your thoughts? >> the citizenship had the possibility of having devastating implications for the census...